American English pronunciation

How to pronounce dun

IPA transcription: ['dʌn]

Hear “dun” pronounced

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Noun

  • horse of a dull brownish grey color

  • a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

    “she wore dun”

Verb

  • treat cruelly

    “The children tormented the stuttering teacher”

  • persistently ask for overdue payment

    “The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone”

  • cure by salting

    “dun codfish”

  • make a dun color

Adjective

  • of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color

    “the dun and dreary prairie”