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Tonged vs Bonged - What's the difference?

tonged | bonged |

As verbs the difference between tonged and bonged

is that tonged is (tong) while bonged is (bong).

tonged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tong)

    • tong

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tange'', from a Germanic root. Cognate to Old Norse ''t?ng'' (modern Icelandic .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
  • * 1998 , Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz (editors), Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity , page 232:
    • these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs' in some lists: in order to make a '''tong''' one needs a '''tong''', and how could the first '''tong''' be made without a ' tong ?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use tongs.
  • To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

    • See also

    * tongs

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Chinese secret society or gang.

    • See also

    * triad * yakuza ----

    bonged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bong)

    • bong

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clang of a large bell.
  • Door bell chimes.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pull a bell.
  • to ring a doorbell.

    • Etymology 2

    (bong) From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
  • A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.
    • Synonyms
    * (vessel for smoking) bucket bong, water pipe * (device for consuming beer) beer bong
    Derived terms
    * beer bong * bong hit * bongwater * bucket bong * gravity bong
    See also
    * hookah * hubbly bubbly * narghile * pipe * shisha

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very wide piton.
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