Associations to the word «Tong»

Wiktionary

TONG, noun. An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
TONG, verb. (intransitive) To use tongs.
TONG, verb. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
TONG, noun. A Chinese secret society or gang.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope