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tonged | thonged |

As a verb tonged

is past tense of tong.

As an adjective thonged is

having a thong or thongs.

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 ----

    thonged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a thong or thongs.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 28, author=Adam B. Ellick, title=Lacy Threads and Leather Straps Bind a Business, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=It helps that the dozens of veiled and uneducated female laborers who assemble the handmade items — gag balls, lime-green corsets, thonged spanking skirts — have no idea what the items are used for. }}