stock-still Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite absolutely still
    frozen; rooted.
    • frozen with horror
    • they stood rooted in astonishment
  2. adverb without moving or making a sound
    still.
    • he sat still as a statue
    • time stood still
    • they waited stock-still outside the door
    • he couldn't hold still any longer

WordNet

Stock"-still` adjective
Etymology
CF. G. stock-still.
Definitions
  1. Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
    His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne.

Webster 1913