ambulance

Definition

  • noun: a vehicle used for taking hurt or sick people to the hospital especially in emergencies
  • noun: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

Examples

  • ('disapproving') She had a reputation for being an 'ambulance chaser'. [=a lawyer who gets clients by convincing accident victims that they should file a lawsuit about the accident]

  • She was taken 'by ambulance' [=in an ambulance] to the hospital.

  • They called (for) an 'ambulance'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) ED: Okay. We're good. Okay. - Ed, are you okay? - No, check on her. Janet? Oh, my God! Is she all right? I'll call an ambulance. - (GASPING, COUGHING) - Janet, sit up, darling. Sit up. Here you go now. Take a big, deep breath. Big, deep breath. There you go. (..)
    2016 The Conjuring 2
  • (..) (ALL SCREAMING) (ROARING) Janet! Janet? (SOBS) Oh, my God! No! Someone get an ambulance! BILL: This is my home. Get out now. MAURICE: No. This is not your house. Now, what's your name? BILL: Knock, knock. (..)
    2016 The Conjuring 2