Tong

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs.
  • n. A Chinese association or political party.
  • n. An association or a secret society of Chinese in the United States, believed to be involved in organized crime.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
  • v. To use tongs.
  • v. To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
  • n. A Chinese secret society or gang.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Tongue.
  • n. In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders; in the U. S. the tongs have been frequently associated with criminal activity and gang warfare.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of a number of holding- and lifting-instruments of various forms.
  • n. [Tongs were formerly used in rough burlesque music:
  • n. In diamond-cutting, a two-footed wooden stand that has at one end a vise-like iron holder, into which the dop containing the diamond is fastened, holding the diamond against the wheel.
  • n. plural A device for anchoring the body of a car to the track when it is not in use.
  • n. plural Trousers.
  • To seize, hold, or take with tongs.
  • To handle or use tongs; capture something, as oysters, with tongs.
  • n. An old spelling of tongue.
  • Word Usage
    "Syempre after ten years eh naayos din tong computer namin ... acually matagal na ..."
    Equivalent
    tonge   
    Verb Form
    tonged    tonging    tongs   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Tongue   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Guangdong    Hmong    Jong    Kong    Long    Pong    Song    Vietcong    along    belong   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pa    publi    vag    sydang    khymih    val    leit    lai    masi    pyniap