tonging
present participle of tong
tonging (uncountable)
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.
The action of opening wine bottles with port tongs by superheating the glass with the heated tongs, and then rapidly cooling the glass neck by applying a cold substance, thereby fracturing the glass neck open through heat stress.
Source: Wiktionary
Tong, Tonge, n.
Definition: Tongue. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
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