Definitions for tong

tong tong

Spelling: [tawng, tong]
IPA: /tɔŋ, tɒŋ/

Tong is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in tong (gnot).

Definitions for tong

noun

  1. tongs.
  2. (in China) an association, society, or political party.
  3. (among Chinese living in the U.S.) a fraternal or secret society, often associated with criminal activities.

verb (used with object)

  1. to lift, seize, gather, hold, or handle with tongs, as logs or oysters.

verb (used without object)

  1. to use, or work with, tongs.

Origin of tong

before 900; 1865-70, for def 2; Middle English tong(e) (singular), tongen, tonges (plural), Old English; cognate with Dutch tang, German Zange pair of tongs or pincers; akin to Greek dáknein

Examples for tong

They put him in moth balls and they ask Joss to join their tong.

He had never been a communicative person, tong Pee, and now he had no choice.

tong Pee, crushed to a pulp under the binnacle, made no reply.

A bunch of us are planning to go to tong's for a Chinese meal.

It doesn't look like a place for a tong row with Chinese pirates, though, does it?

Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Mitch McConnell of Wherever are going at it hammer and tong.

In the tong version, the action seems to be done by the ring.

It is enough for you to know that your death has been decreed by this tong.

Ho, there, seize me yon knave that beareth the cognizance of tong.

But behind the voual in our tong (so far as yet I can fynd) it hath no use.

Word Value for tong
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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