gurney

noun

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

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In addition to the similarities Cyrus reportedly felt with her character, the episode’s dark energy was made all the more real by the fact that Cyrus filmed its pivotal shots, in which Ashley O. is strapped to a gurney, as her Malibu home burned down. Nicole Briese, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025 When the curtain is raised, the 48-year-old Tanzi is revealed to us in his last moments of life — strapped to a gurney and draped in an oversized white sheet. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 With nothing left to do, the man from the funeral home begins wheeling the gurney away, and everyone follows, as if in a procession or a trance. David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025 Hood takes Littlejohn’s massive hand and the floodgates open, the big man crying fat tears that roll down his face to the gurney below. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 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 Apr. 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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