How to pronounce gurney
American English pronunciation
GUR-nee
- IPA
- /ˈɡɝni/
- Syllables
- GUR · nee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gurney means
A rolling bed for moving patients
In a sentence: The nurse pushed the empty gurney down the long hallway.
Where it comes from: It is possibly named after Theodore Gurney, an American inventor who patented a wheeled cab pulled by horses in about 1883.
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