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tonging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tong-ing
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tong

noun

The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs.

Uncountable

noun

The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.

Colloquial; Uncountable

noun

The action of opening wine bottles with port tongs 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.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does tonging mean?
present participle and gerund of tong

How to pronounce tonging

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