Meaning of amby | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ambulance.
   informal
2. An ambidextrous person.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The 1st time I woke up I hit the snooze button, the 2nd I got out of bed, the third time was in the back of an ambulance. I have some dim memories of traffic coming to a stop and grabbing a whole handfull^([sic]) of brake. I was rather disoriented when I woke up in the back of an amby.”

“I've lived up in those selfsame mountains, and let me assure you that while I owned and drove several older VWs, I would not have spent a single March up there without one that would reliably make it to Dominican Hospital at flank speed. And faced with the same situation, would probably still have elected to have the amby meet me at the Safeway in Felton, or the fire house in BC.”

“Where do you get this statement, the amby has a bigger impact on peoples^([sic]) lives than the fire service.”

“Does anyone know where the EMD station is based for North Staffs Amby Service?”

“Well that's it I've been thinking about whether to keep the dam thing or not and after getting a look at Grumble (and a few whispers from said truck) myself and my partner are going to convert not 1 but 2 101 ambies and take them around the world hoping to ship out in about 4-5 yrs time.”

“Aerrrhhh, good point. So if you don't move over, the Amby hits you in the rear and leaves a paint marker on your bumper?”

“Thanx steff I actually turned left because I felt uncomfortable with the amby behind me :)”

“Puncture wounds, deep cuts, choking. That's just a start. Any of those could lead to death before the ambies arrive.”

“We watched as he was taken out of the amby, loaded into the helo, and saw the helo take off.”

“3:20 dispatch 'awright.. reports that a teacher saw two shadows running past the building, past the gym, which would be rear - I think near shooting.. 3:36 'Yeah we got'em.. THEY ARE coming at ME down gun point, 3:45 'amby [ambulance?] stand by for dispatch'”

“Despite most urban women managing to make it to hospitals to give birth, TNIE finds that a rare few have given birth in the belly of an amby. […] As luck would have it, the natural childbirth went off without a hitch and a healthy 1.8 kg female child was born in the ambulance — chalking one more successful ‘amby baby’ birth.”

“■ The Ambulance Tracking System locates the ambulances closest to the caller and pops it up on the operator’s screen. They select the closest fit and assign an amby ■ The location of the caller is sent to the amby and they swing into action. Hospitals are being mapped by geo-tagging. Soon, the nearest hospital will also show up on the amby screen with the quickest route on Google maps15”

“Next time you have an amby, tell them quick like to close their eyes and serve a volleyball. Everybody prefers one side for something that they do, it's just a matter if syncing that something with a good choice to start the unknown with.”

“The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.”

“Are you a righty? Or a lefty? Or -- gasp! -- an "amby?" (If you're an "amby," then which way do you play?).”

“Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.”

“I mean the ambidextrous Test cricketers who batted right-handed and bowled left-arm, or the other way about.”

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