Gurney Definition

gûrnē
gurneys
noun
A stretcher or cot on wheels, used in hospitals to move patients.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gurney

Noun

Singular:
gurney
Plural:
gurneys

Origin of Gurney

  • Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably after J. Theodore Gurney , American inventor who patented a type of wheeled horse-drawn cab in 1883

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gurney Sentence Examples

  • She woke Sofi with a touch and tugged the gurney down to the emergency room.

  • She followed the gurney out and watched as they lifted it into the helicopter.

  • Sometimes visitors hear the squeak of wheels as if someone is pushing a wheelchair or a gurney through the old halls.

  • Tie it closed, place it on a "gurney" (a countertop or table will work), cover around it with sheets and get ready to slice into the goo when everyone has arrived.

  • The story focuses around Lady Jessica, Alia, Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho as they try to stop the empire from tearing itself apart, and saving Paul's newborn twins.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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