verb
- 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.