Dun (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), dunned, dun·ning.
  1. to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
noun
  1. a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
  2. a demand for payment, especially a written one.
adjective
  1. dull, grayish brown.
  2. dark; gloomy.
noun
  1. a dun color.
  2. a dun-colored horse with a black mane and tail.
  3. mayfly (def. 1).
  4. dun fly.
verb duns, dunning or dunned
  1. to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
noun
  1. a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt
  2. a demand for payment, esp one in writing
noun
  1. a brownish-grey colour
  2. a horse of this colour
  3. angling
    • an immature adult mayfly (the subimago), esp one of the genus Ephemera
    • an artificial fly imitating this or a similar fly
adjective dunner or dunnest
  1. of a dun colour
  2. dark and gloomy
Dun (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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