gurney

noun

gur·​ney ˈgər-nē 

plural gurneys

: a wheeled cot or stretcher

Examples of gurney in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Colquitt would be restoring the body of a ninety-six-year-old woman who was laid out on a stainless-steel gurney inside her lab. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Sochor was strapped to a gurney with an IV in his arm when the curtain to the death chamber went up at execution time. — Landon Mion , Adam Sabes , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

The Evanston Fire Department responded and moved Williams onto a gurney, police said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 July 2026

The driver opened the back door and pulled out a gurney. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

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

Rhymes for gurney

• burnie
• journey
• tourney
• attorney
• mcburney

Medical Definition

gurney

noun

gur·​ney ˈgər-nē 

plural gurneys

: a wheeled cot or stretcher