1. past tense of tong; grasped or picked up with tongs

Examples

• She tonged the hot coals and moved them to one side of the grill.
• The chef tonged the pasta from the boiling water into the serving bowl.
• He carefully tonged the ice cubes into each glass.
• The blacksmith tonged the red-hot metal from the forge.
• She tonged the salad leaves onto each plate.
• The laboratory technician tonged the test tube from the rack.