Definition of "ned"

ned

/nɛd/

noun
plural neds
1. (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.
  Quotations
  The mindless behaviour of drunken neds and nuisance neighbours brings misery to tens of thousands of honest folk.
  2007 (Scotland), RecordView in Daily Record, 14 Feb 07, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, p. 8
  You could live in a place for twenty years, you could clean up its streets and lock up its neds.
  2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 28