tong

Meanings

Plural: tongs

Noun

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
A Chinese secret society or gang.
Obsolete spelling of tongue.

Verb

To use tongs.
To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).

Scrabble Score: 5

tong is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tong is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tong is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

tong is a valid Words With Friends word