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tong
1[ tawng, tong ]
verb (used with object)
- to lift, seize, gather, hold, or handle with tongs, as logs or oysters.
verb (used without object)
- to use, or work with, tongs.
tong
2[ tawng, tong ]
noun
- (in China) an association, society, or political party.
- (among Chinese living in the U.S.) a fraternal or secret society, often associated with criminal activities.
tong
1/ tɒŋ /
verb
- to gather or seize with tongs
- to curl or style (hair) with curling tongs
tong
2/ tɒŋ /
noun
- (formerly) a Chinese secret society or association, esp one popularly assumed to engage in criminal activities
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- tonger noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tong1
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Idioms and Phrases
see hammer and tongs .Discover More
Example Sentences
Around that time, in 1972, Chinese-American restaurateur Michael Tong opened Shun Lee Palace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Their goal, he argues, is not world domination but da tong: “great harmony.”
Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Mitch McConnell of Wherever are going at it hammer and tong.
The Treasurie of the French Tong: teaching the waye to varie all sortes of verbes.
Now, what I want to know is what the Hop Sing tong means by shipping the departed brethren by freight?
But behind the voual in our tong (so far as yet I can fynd) it hath no use.
At the last-mentioned place it receives the Roch, and then goes westward to Farnworth, where it is joined by the Tong.
They make some distinction in another instance when speaking of crying, they say the men Tong-i; the women Tong-e.
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