stand stock still



stand stock still

To not move at all. You kids need to stand stock still out here until the firemen are done investigating the building, OK? I didn't want my grandmother to catch me rooting through her jewelry box, so when I heard her in the hallway, I leaped into the closet and stood stock still.
See also: stand, still, stock

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pisti-Hungarian
ClementKLE-məntEnglish
Paris (2)PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)Various
Kalyana-Indian, Telugu
Stephenson['sti:vnsn]
KodeyKO-deeEnglish (Rare)