Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dun \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr.
Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same
word as E. din. ???. See {Din}.]
To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge
importunately.
Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift.
Source : WordNet®
dun
adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
dreary prairie"
[also: {dunning}, {dunned}, {dunnest}, {dunner}]
dun
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {frustrate}]
2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his
customers every day by telephone"
3: cure by salting; "dun codfish"
4: make a dun color
[also: {dunning}, {dunned}, {dunnest}, {dunner}]
dun
n 1: horse of a dull brownish gray color
2: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
raincoat" [syn: {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}, {fawn}]
[also: {dunning}, {dunned}, {dunnest}, {dunner}]
dunned
See {dun}