stilling

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noun

The act by which something is made still.

OriginGerman stellen →
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Meanings

stilling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of still
nounstilling (plural stillings)

plural stillings

  1. The act by which something is made still.

    Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism.

    2011, Griselda Pollock, Maxim Silverman, Concentrationary Cinema

stilling2

nounstilling (plural stillings)

plural stillings

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteA stillion.

Origin

  1. Germanstellen“to set, to place”
  2. Englishstilling

Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).

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APA

stilling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stilling

MLA

“stilling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stilling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stilling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stilling.

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