2. Verb. The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs. ¹
3. Verb. (colloquial) The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tonging
1. tong [v] - See also: tong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonging
Literary usage of Tonging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"tonging is done from boats the length of which seldom exceeds twenty-five feet.
These are usually fitted with a plank on either side level with the gunwale ..."
2. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"tonging is done from boats the length of which seldom exceeds twenty-five feet.
These are usually fitted with a plank on either side level with the gunwale ..."
3. Leading Events of Maryland History: With Topical Analyses, References, and by John Montgomery Gambrill, M. Bates Stephens (1904)
"tonging for Oysters From a photograph Maryland gives employment to greater numbers
in the work of catching and preparing the products of the water than any ..."
4. Report by Maryland, Shell Fish Commission, Maryland Shell Fish Commission (1907)
"The waters contiguous to Anne Arundel County contain sixteen natural oyster bars
designated for tonging operations ..."
5. Our Country: East (1898)
"There are two ways of taking oysters from their beds: by tonging and by ...
The tonging process is slow, but it is not destructive ; dredging is far more ..."
6. Our Country: East (1898)
"There are two ways of taking oysters from their beds: by tonging and by ...
The tonging process is slow, but it is not destructive ; dredging is far more ..."
7. ... A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts by David Lawrence Belding (1909)
"(3) tonging. — In most parts of Buzzards Bay and in a few places on Cape Cod ...
tonging is carried on in the small coves and inlets, where there is little ..."
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