unring
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪŋ/Now chiefly US
verb
[with object] To reverse the ringing of (a bell); chiefly used in negative contexts as an example of the impossibility of reversing or undoing an action or decision.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Theodore Hook (1788–1841), writer and hoaxer. From un- + ring.
- polleniferous
- pollenin
- pollen index
- pollenise
- pollenivorous
- pollenization
- pollenize
- pollen mass
- pollen mother cell
- pollen parent
- pollen paste
- pollen profile
- pollen sac
- pollen spectrum
- pollen spore
- pollen tube
- pollen zone
- poller
- Polle syndrome
- poll evil
- pollex
- poll-hammer
- pollical
- pollicitation
- pollie