: a secret society or fraternal organization especially of Chinese in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfare
tonged; tonging; tongs
: to take, gather, hold, or handle with tongs
tong oysters
: to use tongs especially in taking or gathering something
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Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
Similar to using tongs to squeeze citrus fruits, cutting cake with floss or dicing avocados with a cooling rack, turkey basters also have some untapped kitchen potential.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
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Noun
Next, carefully place the silver items into the container, using tongs if needed to keep from scalding yourself.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
Similar to using tongs to squeeze citrus fruits, cutting cake with floss or dicing avocados with a cooling rack, turkey basters also have some untapped kitchen potential.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
His business is quite a bit different from that of traditional watermen, who tong the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for wild oysters.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
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“Tong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tong. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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