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
Carina (1)kə-REEN-ə (English), kah-REE-nah (German)English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Mahometus-Arabic (Latinized)
Raisel-Yiddish
Ellis['elis]
ÁEdh-Ancient Irish
Hrafn-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian