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 The new machine consists of two units, each roughly the size of a hospital gurney. IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024 She’s seen straddling a seemingly unconscious man on a hospital gurney alongside Bechtel and model Alex Consani, drinking wine in a gym with Sennott and Fox, strutting through living rooms with Shazam and Cherry, posing in front of a car accident involving Emma Chamberlain and other scenarios. Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024 Paramedics lifted the tiny, wide-eyed child out of his wheelchair and onto a gurney that dwarfed him even further. Ana Ley, New York Times, 5 May 2024 The gurney that rolls out of the ambulance makes for an excellent chaise longue. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 Try riding a roller coaster to dislodge those painful kidney stones Sept. 26, 2016 Advertisement My husband arrived as I was helped onto a gurney in the hall. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024 During the execution, officials said Smith will be strapped to a gurney chamber and forced to breathe nitrogen through a gas mask until his body is depleted entirely of oxygen and shuts down. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024 Meanwhile, inside the ER, a frustrated father vented while an unconscious relative lay on a gurney and two children stared silently at the reporters. Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024 Only a small group of witnesses actually watched Kenneth Smith die on a gurney in an execution chamber in rural Alabama, an execution that state officials described as a model for other states looking for alternatives to lethal injection. Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024

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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 May. 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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