An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

plural of tong (“instrument”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tong

plural of tong (“Chinese secret society”)

(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

(intransitive) To use tongs. / (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

a Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land / a Chinese secret society or gang

Obsolete spelling of tongue

present participle of tong

The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs. / (colloquial) The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.