dun
(noun, adjective, verb, interjection, contraction)
adjective
1. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
- the dun and dreary prairie
Similar word(s): chromatic
contraction
1. Eye dialect spelling of don't.
interjection
1. (humorous) Imitating suspenseful music.
noun
1. horse of a dull brownish grey color
Definition categories: animal, mount
2. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
- she wore dun
Similar word(s): fawn
Definition categories: attribute
Sentences with dun as a noun:
- dun colour:
- He sent his debtor a dun.
verb
1. treat cruelly
Similar word(s): bedevil, crucify, frustrate, rag, torment
Definition categories: emotion, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
2. persistently ask for overdue payment
- The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone
Definition categories: communication, demand
3. cure by salting
- dun codfish
Definition categories: change, cure
4. make a dun color
Definition categories: change, darken
Sentences with dun as a verb:
- He dun it before and he dun it again.
- Now, ya dun it!