Meaning & use
gurney
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UK/ˈɡɜːni/
US/ˈɡɜːrni/
Meaning
nouncountableAmerican
A narrow bed on wheels used to carry sick or injured people in hospitals and ambulances.
Grammar: A person is placed on a gurney: on a gurney.
Patterns
- on a gurney
- wheel someone on a gurney
Paramedics rolled the patient into the emergency room on a gurney.
The nurse pushed the gurney down the hallway.
He lay on the gurney waiting for his scan.
Word forms
| plural | gurneys |
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Common combinations
- wheel in on a gurney
- The injured hiker was wheeled in on a gurney.
- strapped to a gurney
- He was strapped to a gurney for the ambulance ride.
- push a gurney
- Two orderlies pushed the gurney into the elevator.
- lie on a gurney
- She lay on a gurney under bright lights.
- load a gurney
- Paramedics loaded the gurney into the ambulance.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: gurney or journey?
gurney vs journey
Journey is a trip and is pronounced differently, although the spelling is a little similar.
Practice
The paramedics lifted the injured driver onto a ___ and rolled him to the ambulance.
Choose one answer.
A gurney is the wheeled stretcher used by paramedics. A journey is a trip, and the other items are not for patients.
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