gurney

noun

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

Examples of gurney in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sadler was helped into a gurney and whisked away to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 The fossil -- which weighed about 600 pounds in the plaster jacket -- was then lifted onto a makeshift gurney made out of an ATV ramp, according to MDEQ. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024 Lying on a gurney in the trauma bay, a chest tube draining blood from his side, Reagan sought to calm down his wife, Nancy, with a quip. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 July 2024 Placing the suspect on an ambulance gurney, cops and medics had to fight their way through the irate mob while carrying Irish, who was being mocked and jeered. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for gurney 

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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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Cite this Entry

“Gurney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gurney. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

Medical Definition

gurney

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