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tong¹ Definition

☆ tong (tôŋ, täŋ)

transitive verb

to seize, collect, handle, or hold with tongs

intransitive verb

to use tongs

tong¹ Related Forms

tong′er noun

tong² Definition

☆ tong (tôŋ, täŋ)

noun

  1. a Chinese association or political party
  2. in the U.S., a Chinese secret fraternal society

Etymology: Mandarin t'ang, hall, meeting place, society

tong Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • curl: Hair straightners, hair dryers, curling tongs, shaver, toothbrush charger etc. An extra set of clothes.
  • use: Food animals should be offered using long tongs or forceps to allow the keeper to stay out of the snake's striking range.
  • put: The boy who was stunning them only looked about 19 and he couldn't even put the tongs in the right place.
  • include: This double walled ice bucket keeps ice cooler for longer, light sensor activated, includes ice tongs, plays 3 Homer popular phrases.
  • get: Check out Yes and I'll get the tongs if you don't believe me.

Preposition: in

position: The slaughtermen are in such a hurry that they often don't put the electric tongs in the correct position.

Adjective modifier

  • electric: They were being stunned with electric tongs which had spikes in them.
  • wooden: Always wear latex gloves when working with ammonia and use plastic or wooden tongs to hold items when possible.
  • stunning: In a busy, crowded slaughterhouse environment where staff are untrained, sheep routinely escape the grasp of the stunning tongs.
  • long: Food animals should be offered using long tongs or forceps to allow the keeper to stay out of the snake's striking range.
  • cordless: It is also used in gas lighters, cordless curling tongs, gas lights and other portable appliances.

Modifies a noun

  • iddle: Seagoon: Ying tong iddle I po Grytpype: Right, off you go.
  • po: Seagoon: Ying tong iddle I po Grytpype: Right, off you go.
  • placement: Each occasion on which tong placement is incorrect carries a serious risk of ineffective stunning.

Noun used with modifier

  • ying: Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong iddle i po.
  • curling: But even that's not a problem, because Joanna can't live without her curling tongs and hair stuff.
  • badger: The absence of specialized equipment, such as badger tongs, or delving rods for tracing tunnels.
  • sugar: A great set of vintage sugar tong in silver, with great Art Deco styling to the handles.
  • salad: A man in Taormina, Italy was hospitalized after swallowing 46 teaspoons, 2 cigarette lighters, and a pair of salad tongs.
  • iron: Pass 18 Unidentified iron tongs found buried in Clewer Churchyard.