tong

Tong is defined as to pick up or hold something using a device with two long arms that are hinged at one end.

(verb)

An example of tong is picking hot dogs off a grill with a metal grasping device.

The definition of a tong is a grasping device, or a member of a Chinese association or political group.

(noun)

An example of a tong is the grasping device used to remove corn on the cob from a pot of hot water.
An example of a tong is a Chinese person who belongs to a pro-Kuomintang traditional group.

See tong in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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transitive verb

to seize, collect, handle, or hold with tongs

intransitive verb

to use tongs

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noun

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

See tong in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb tonged, tong·ing, tongs

To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from tongs

noun

A Chinese association or political party.
An association or a secret society of Chinese in the United States, believed to be involved in organized crime.

Origin:

Origin: Chinese (Cantonese) t'ōng, assembly hall, familial relationship between cousins

Origin: , equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) táng

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