misrung

Verb

misring (third-person singular simple present misrings, present participle misringing, simple past misrang, past participle misrung)

1. To enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.
   • It also eliminates the chances of misringing the price but not the possibility of entering the wrong PLU code.1982, Kristine Marie Gabe, Supermarket Checkout Accuracy, page 4
2. To ring (a bell or set of bells) incorrectly, at the wrong time, out of sequence, etc.
   • To his heroes, who have followed the misringing of this bell, the world seems senseless, but coherent; men are bent purposeively on some pursuit, but the purpose is inscrutable.1956, Roy Pascal, The German Novel

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