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Meaning of STOCK-STILL

Pronunciation:  stâk stil

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer"
  2. [adj]  absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
 
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 Synonyms: frozen(p), nonmoving, rooted(p), still, unmoving
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.]
Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
      His whole work stands stock-still.       --Sterne.
 
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