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A withdrawn comment identified stook still. This might be either a local pronunciation, or as reference to a stook of grain. A stook is a collection of sheaves of grain stood up in a field to dry.

The immobility of the stork is invoked in stork still.

Harry Potter fan fiction:
He smirked at me, letting the corner of his lips curl mischievously at the corner. Like a deer caught in headlights I stood stork still as he lowered that smirk to my lips and brushed his mouth softly against mine.
(http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/vi … rid=332023)

Fan fiction:
Just as the specter stood up to move towards him, another flashed of blurred figure moved on his right. The figure stood stork still and then suddenly ran forward towards the prostrate figure. A scream tore from his mouth.
(http://www.geocities.com/moon_glaciers2/TWMS.html)

Frozen shock still

And as they crumbled,he stood shock still in the ruins,
(http://books.google.ca/books?id=UPRd-lu … t&resnum=4)

Related to stuck still, there is a stuck reminder.

Political forum:
where are Ugandans now??? For the last 22 years, the current gov’t sold out all national assets to foreigners, they have built no single hospital or school for the last 22 years. Health care and education and public sectors are in tatters; corruptions is now an official policy!!! All these are a stuck reminder that it is better to be governed by a nationalist than a foreign stooge like MDC-T!!
(http://fr.allafrica.com/comments/list/a … 70839.html)

Last edited by burred (2009-05-10 21:28:55)

Stop still is so clear, it might just take over. Here are some more strains. Very fecund source of new images. Hope you are not overwhelmed.

Peppy stood stake still … his back arched, hackles raised.
(http://tiaracrew.wordpress.com/)

I stood stake still awaiting an order when I realized that I could hear Emma and Faith laughing.
(http://www.quizilla.com/stories/4984108 … -part-41ir)

Dog judging:
Boss stood stacked still for about 15 seconds and then started to moved and then he would stand still again.
(http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?s … try3035511)

Fan Fiction:
The girls, on the other hand, stood stick still; staring at Sasuke.
(http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4872769/1/If_You_Were_Gay)

The riders stopped to rest from their “power” row and take in some of the local wildlife and scenery, including a blue heron, that stood stick-still on a pier watching the group from a safe distance.
(http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/dr … iendships/)

I stood stocked-still/ My face turned away
(http://prettyandy.blog.friendster.com/)
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In the stocks?

When we came in sight of the Capitol she stood struck still, struck dumb with its magnificence.
(http://www.feralchildren.com/en/showchild.php?ch=liddy)

Reading about extreme weather, I was reminded of the twister I saw/endured 38 years ago. Before that blue-black funnel chewed up and spit out a low-rise storage building in an open field less than 500 yards away, which turned it hard left, the thing had been heading for where I stood struck still with awe.
(http://slantblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/o … anism.html)

More fan fiction:
Makoto walked whispering to Kai as he passed him, “You lose…” Kai stood, stalked still.
(http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3659925/15/ … ts_Inferno)

A journey of a thousand miles starts with standing still:

i stood start still…in shock and just let it happen.
http://sounpretty.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html

Both stood start still in front of it.
http://www.scarlett-dreams.com/fiction/ … ling4.html

“Commander, we are honored by your attendance” on of the guard said standing start still.
http://www.myliulin.co.cc/fallenangel02 … ndWar.html

“yeah….easy he says” Spectrum muttered. he stood start still.
slowly the entire planet began to turn a radaint green.
“so you dont like Cryponite do you”
http://www.comicvine.com/forums/rpg/9/b … 35/?page=2

I hope whoever mines these things for inclusions in the *!Database!* (should be flashing lights around the name, with the importance some —not those here— seem to give it) reads all the subsequent posts. To include just stuck still there as representative of this discussion would be some kind of a trajesty (/travedy).

For the sake of completeness, here are citations for “stood stand still.” I’m convinced I’ve heard this formulation my whole life – in fact, I think I may have used it in speech, at least – but it’s not common (roughly 50 ughits), and it seems to be something of a regionalism, with many of the hits from India. Examples:

He just stood stand still with his hands folded and stared . . .
http://udaykiran31.blogspot.com/

Strangely on Workaholic’s Day, (yeah, they do have a day dedicated to drudgery too), India stood stand still due to NDA and Left parties’ Bharat Bandh protesting the price hike.
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jul/06 … e-hike.htm

All his hopes of pursuing his college education were literally shattered. Imagine the plight of his education which stood stand still!
http://www.studentloaninfo.org/blog/stu … loan-falls

Traffic stood stand still by Morvant junction for about 45 minutes until some brave young fire officers came and started to direct traffic.
http://www.ttonline.org/archive/index.php/t-3187.html

Just so long as you come to a full and complete stoic stock stuck stooken standstill before moving, it might be safe.