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Definition of 'tong'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tange'', from a Germanic root. Cognate to Old Norse ''t?ng'' (modern Icelandic .
Noun
( en-noun)
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
* 1998 , Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz (editors), Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity , page 232:
- these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs' in some lists: in order to make a '''tong''' one needs a '''tong''', and how could the first '''tong''' be made without a ' tong ?
Verb
( en-verb)
To use tongs.
To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
See also
* tongs
Etymology 2
From (etyl), .
Noun
( en-noun)
A Chinese secret society or gang.
See also
* triad
* yakuza
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