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Meaning of dun

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dun

Pronunciation:/dʌn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A collector of debts.

  2. An urgent request or demand of payment.

verb

Definitions

  1. To ask or beset a debtor for payment.

  2. To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.

dun

Pronunciation:/dʌn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.

  2. A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.

dun

Pronunciation:/dʌn/

noun

Definitions

  1. An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.

  2. A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.

dun

Pronunciation:/dʌn/

verb

Definitions

  1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

  2. To perform; to execute.

    Example: All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?

    Synonyms:accomplishcarry outfunctionate
  3. To cause, make (someone) (do something).

  4. To suffice.

    Example: it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.

dun

Pronunciation:/dʌn/

verb

Definitions

  1. To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.