gurney

noun

gur·​ney ˈgər-nē How to pronounce gurney (audio)
plural gurneys
: a wheeled cot or stretcher

Examples of gurney in a Sentence

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Urban Search and Rescue team members joined in the rescue by foot, and the pair of teams began the trek out of the Ventana Wilderness area carrying the hiker on a gurney. Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025 Nurses rushed to treat the injured in a wing of the hospital unaffected by fire while in another section, the crew witnessed the moment a boy on a gurney was pronounced dead. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Dec. 2024 Sadler was helped into a gurney and whisked away to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Then the gurney is accidentally wheeled into the kindergarten class. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gurney 

Word History

Etymology

probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney, who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gurney was in 1939

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“Gurney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gurney. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Medical Definition

gurney

noun
gur·​ney ˈgər-nē How to pronounce gurney (audio)
plural gurneys
: a wheeled cot or stretcher
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