gurney
pronunciation
How to pronounce gurney in British English:
UK [ˈgɜ:ni]
How to pronounce gurney in American English:
US [ˈgɜrni]
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- Noun:
- a metal stretcher with wheels
Word Origin
- gurney (n.)
- type of hospital cart, by 1921, of unknown origin. It also is a surname, and perhaps this use traces to the Gurney Ball Bearing Co. of Jamestown, N.Y., which was in active operation at the time but seems to have specialized in bearings for automobiles. Earliest use in hospital literature is in reference to carts for food and laundry.
Example
- 1. And now you want to roll out the entire gurney ?
- 2. Have them meet me with a gurney .
- 3. A nurse came over with a gurney .
- 4. Young paramedics in blue jumpsuits entered the plane and strapped the dead man to a gurney .
- 5. Fifteen and five strapped to the gurney .