Word.ws English Dictionary

on the stocks

on the stocks prepositional phrase: under construction.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) under construction
  2. (UK, idiomatic) in progress, underway

Forms of on the stocks

alternative formon the stock

Questions about on the stocks

What does on the stocks mean?
On the stocks means under construction.
What part of speech is on the stocks?
On the stocks is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the stocks in the dictionary

  1. on the spin
  2. on the spot
  3. on the square
  4. on the stand
  5. on the stock
  6. on the stocks
  7. on the street
  8. on the streets
  9. on the strength of
  10. on the stroke of
  11. on the stump

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on the stocks (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “on the stocks.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/on_the_stocks. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.