Dunned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned} (d[u^]nd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning} (d[u^]n"n[i^]ng).] [AS. dyne noise,
     dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise,
     thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [root]74.
     See {Din}.]
     To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge


     importunately.
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           Hath she sent so soon to dun?            --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dun
       adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
             dreary prairie"
       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}]
       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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dunned
       See {dun}