gurney
/ɡˈɝni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection."
- "Yet her vision has narrowed strangely (good, for she was in a medical facility, if she were having a hemorrhage or a stroke it could not be happening at a more convenient time) so that she was able to see little in the fluorescent-lit space except the man who lay motionless on a gurney beneath the strongest of the lights."
- "I’m pretty sure I didn’t actively steer towards the tree, but… I don’t know. I just remember that wave of despair and then the EMTs pulling me out of the car and putting me on a gurney."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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Usage
- American usage