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An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

(by extension) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

A Chinese secret society or gang.

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

Example: cold tongue with mustard

(metonym) A language.

Example: He was speaking in his native tongue.

Speakers of a language, collectively.

To use tongs.

To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

A Chinese secret society or gang.

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

Example: cold tongue with mustard

(metonym) A language.

Example: He was speaking in his native tongue.

Speakers of a language, collectively.