gurney

noun

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

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One man was seen lying on the ground near an SUV before being placed on a gurney and loaded into an ambulance. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025 The fact that being shot, eventually being wheeled out on a gurney when there was a panther on the loose, and then the characters running away and leaving me there was just so funny. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025 Daley went to Cook Children’s Medical Center and eventually saw Rayshard with closed eyes on a gurney. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025 Strapped to a gurney, Bell was alert and looking around the death chamber as the drugs began to flow into his outstretched left arm. David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2025 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 Aug. 2025.

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gurney

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