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

  • (..) Dicks! Jesus. Victor? - What the hell? - It's just Victor. - Call an ambulance. - What the fuck? Hearse, I'd say. Call for forensics. Get your people out. No one touches anything. (..)
    1995 Se7en
  • (..) One cop got hit in the arm. Christ, what was his name? It spun him like a top... no, Well, more, you know, more like slow motion. I remember... riding in that ambulance... and, well... he died right there. Right there. Christ, what was his fucking name? SWAT goes before dicks. (..)
    1995 Se7en