tong

To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs.

A Chinese association or political party.

An association or a secret society of Chinese in the United States, believed to be involved in organized crime.

To seize, hold, or take with tongs.

To handle or use tongs; capture something, as oysters, with tongs.

An old spelling of tongue.

One of a number of holding- and lifting-instruments of various forms.

[Tongs were formerly used in rough burlesque music:

In diamond-cutting, a two-footed wooden stand that has at one end a vise-like iron holder, into which the dop containing the diamond is fastened, holding the diamond against the wheel.

plural A device for anchoring the body of a car to the track when it is not in use.