tonging

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Synonyms: longing, tonguing, toning, tinging, tongking, togging, tanging, bonging, gonging, tonking, ponging

Antonyms: longing, tonguing, toning, tinging, tongking, togging, tanging, bonging, gonging, tonking, ponging

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|tong||ing-form}}

Noun

1. The action of [[seizing]], [[grabbing]], [[holding]], or [[manipulating]] a given object with tongs.
2. {{lb|en|colloquial}} The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.
3. The action of opening wine bottles with [[port tong]]s by superheating the glass with the heated tongs, and then rapidly cooling the glass neck by applying a cold substance, thereby fracturing the glass neck open through heat stress.

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