tong
see also: Tong
Pronunciation
Tong
Proper noun
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see also: Tong
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /tɒŋ/
tong (plural tongs)
- 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?
- 1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz (editors), Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232:
- French: pince
- Italian: pinza, tenaglia, molla
- Portuguese: tenaz
- Russian: ками́нные щипцы́
- Spanish: tenaza
tong (tongs, present participle tonging; past and past participle tonged)
- (intransitive) To use tongs.
- (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
- Italian: pinzare, attanagliare
- Portuguese: atazanar, atanazar, atenazar
- Russian: испо́льзовать щипцы́
- Spanish: usar tenaza
- Italian: afferrare, attanagliare, abbrancare, aggranfiare
- Portuguese: atazanar, atanazar, atenazar
- Russian: захвати́ть щипца́ми
- Spanish: usar tenaza
tong (plural tongs)
- A Chinese secret society or gang.
- French: tong
tong (plural tongs)
- Obsolete spelling of tongue#English|tongue
Tong
Proper noun
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