# gurney

/ˈɡɝni/ (US) · /ɡˈɜːni/ (UK) · CEFR C1 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/gurney
Updated: 2026-08-15

## Definition

a bed with wheels used in hospitals to move patients from one room to another.

For teachers: a wheeled stretcher or collapsible bed used for transporting patients within a medical facility.

## Examples

- The nurses pushed the gurney down the hallway.
- Paramedics quickly transferred the patient from the ambulance to a hospital gurney for immediate assessment.
- The rhythmic clicking of the gurney wheels against the linoleum floor was the only sound in the sterile corridor as they moved toward the operating theatre.

## Usage notes

- Commonly used in North American English; 'trolley' is the more frequent term in British English.

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