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Tongs
//tɒŋz// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 plural of Tong form-of, plural
Noun
- 1 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, plural-only
"There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…]."
- 2 plural of tong (“instrument”) form-of, plural
- 3 plural of tong (“Chinese secret society”) form-of, plural
- 4 any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below wordnet
- 5 A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs. broadly, plural, plural-only
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of tong form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s
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