TONG


Meaning of TONG in English

I. ˈtäŋ, ˈtȯŋ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English tonge, alteration of tange tang

1. dialect : tang

2. dialect : tine

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: imitative

transitive verb

dialect : to cause (a bell) to give out a deep resonant tone

intransitive verb

dialect : to give out a deep resonant tone

III. noun

( -s )

dialect : a deep sound given out by a large bell

IV. noun

( -s )

Etymology: from singular of tongs

: tongs

V. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: tongs

transitive verb

: to take, gather, hold, or handle with tongs

tong oysters

tong logs

— often used with up

intransitive verb

: to use tongs : take or gather something with tongs

VI. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Chinese (Cant) t'ong hall, meeting place

: a secret society or fraternal organization especially among the Chinese in the United States formerly notorious for gang warfare and popularly associated with racketeering, gambling, and traffic in narcotics

VII. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Afrikaans, tongue, flatfish, from Middle Dutch tonge, tong; akin to Old English tunge tongue — more at tongue

: a large commercially important southern African flatfish ( Australoglossus pectoralis ) much depleted by overfishing ; also : a closely related fish ( A. microlepis ) distinguished by its minute scales

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