Ned
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /nɛd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ned is a noun meaning (Scotland, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
Meaning
(Scotland, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person, usually a youth, of low social standing and education, a violent disposition and with a particular style of dress (typically sportswear or Burberry), speech and behaviour.
Example Sentences
You could live in a place for twenty years, you could clean up its streets and lock up its neds.
The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.
Word Forms
- neds
Synonyms for ned
Depending on context, synonyms include chav, charva, scally, scanger, schemie, yob.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include killer, reduced, reduce, abandoned, down, downwards.
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