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
Deepti-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada
PtolemyTAHL-ə-mee (English)History
Lina['li:nə]
LillianLIL-ee-ənEnglish
Teodorte-AW-dawr (Polish), TE-o-dor (Croatian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian,
RoopeRO:-peFinnish