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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Figueroa showed no emotion, watching through a glass window just steps from where Ricks had been strapped to a gurney. Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026 After his seventy-mile journey Patrick, lying in his incubator, was lifted out of the ambulance, placed onto a gurney, and wheeled through the lobby to the elevator. Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 She was heard screaming as medical personnel surrounded her, and within 15 minutes, Vonn was strapped to a gurney and airlifted to an Italian hospital. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026 All those paramedics and EMTs, lifting her from one gurney to another, into and out of an ambulance, onto and off a plane. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026 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 15 Mar. 2026.

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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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