tong (plural tongs)
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged)
(intransitive) To use tongs.
(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
tong (plural tongs)
A Chinese secret society or gang.
tong (plural tongs)
Obsolete spelling of tongue.
Tong (plural Tongs)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tong is the 2730th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13196 individuals. Tong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.26%) and White (11.58%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Tong, Tonge, n.
Definition: Tongue. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
