Tongs
noun
A tool that you use to pick up or hold small objects, made of two long parts connected at one end.
She picked up the ice cube with tongs and added it to her drink.
Often appears as...
- ice tongs
- fireplace tongs
noun
A tool used to hold or move things in a forge or a furnace.
He used the tongs to put the metal into the furnace.
Often appears as...
- blacksmith tongs
- metal tongs
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A tool similar to scissors that is used in surgery for grabbing or holding tissue or other material.
The surgeon used the tongs to securely hold the surgical sponge.
Often appears as...
- surgical tongs
- tissue tongs
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A tool used in cooking for lifting, moving, or flipping food.
He flipped the burger with cooking tongs.
Often appears as...
- bbq tongs
- cooking tongs
noun
A tool that you use to pick up or hold small objects, made of two long parts connected at one end.
She picked up the ice cube with tongs and added it to her drink.
Often appears as...
- ice tongs
- fireplace tongs
noun
A tool used to hold or move things in a forge or a furnace.
He used the tongs to put the metal into the furnace.
Often appears as...
- blacksmith tongs
- metal tongs
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A tool similar to scissors that is used in surgery for grabbing or holding tissue or other material.
The surgeon used the tongs to securely hold the surgical sponge.
Often appears as...
- surgical tongs
- tissue tongs
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A tool used in cooking for lifting, moving, or flipping food.
He flipped the burger with cooking tongs.
Often appears as...
- bbq tongs
- cooking tongs
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Varied Uses
Tongs can be used for multiple purposes, not just cooking or handling food.
He used tongs to rearrange the coals in the campfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Matters
Tongs can be made of different materials like metal, plastic, or bamboo, often based on their use.
She preferred using silicone-tipped tongs to avoid scratching her non-stick pans.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pairing
Tongs are often paired with other kitchen tools like spoons or spatulas.
After searing the steak with tongs, he used a spoon to baste it.
Pro Tip 1/3Varied Uses
Tongs can be used for multiple purposes, not just cooking or handling food.
He used tongs to rearrange the coals in the campfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Matters
Tongs can be made of different materials like metal, plastic, or bamboo, often based on their use.
She preferred using silicone-tipped tongs to avoid scratching her non-stick pans.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pairing
Tongs are often paired with other kitchen tools like spoons or spatulas.
After searing the steak with tongs, he used a spoon to baste it.
Pro Tip 1/3Varied Uses
Tongs can be used for multiple purposes, not just cooking or handling food.
He used tongs to rearrange the coals in the campfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Matters
Tongs can be made of different materials like metal, plastic, or bamboo, often based on their use.
She preferred using silicone-tipped tongs to avoid scratching her non-stick pans.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Pairing
Tongs are often paired with other kitchen tools like spoons or spatulas.
After searing the steak with tongs, he used a spoon to baste it.
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
very well but he the things that he was saying were things that I could understand as a salver because he was in the salvage business he said that the water was messy with sand and he couldn't see and they had tongs to Tong for things and the storm lasted for
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The Illegal and...
lizard world they have these independently rotating googly eyes this prehensile tail which is basically a monkey tail they can use like a fit limbs spring-loaded tongs that shoot out to catch their food and of course everyone's heard that chameleons can
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Chameleons Fight To...
they're wonderfully adapted to a life in the trees their toes are fused so their feet grip like tongs and the arrangement of their legs is unusual for reptile they're beneath their body this allows them to walk on branches thinner than their body
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Gordon Tries Bika PIPE...
It's like a bird all over my windscreen. Here we go. Oh, no. Ah, yes. Oh, I'm sorry. It hit the side of the pot. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. So can I have a look at these ones that are cooked? Let me get the tongs. Here we go. Oh, sorry. See how they--
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
pair of tongs it's like you know David does doesn't look tasty to you okay what def he looks more tenderized than it did when we first saw it looks like one of those ornate ornate lizards Wynette's and lizard I'm not sure it's hard to
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4 Lessons in Creativity...
and as soon as you see that the glaze has melted inside, you can see that faint sheen, you turn the kiln off, and you reach in with these long metal tongs, you grab the pot, and in Japan, this red-hot pot
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Abercrombie: Traveling...
Union he had been visiting a mosque there the Sheikh told his guests that Hajj Omar tongs Islamic name had been to Mecca and Medina a devotion denied by Soviet policy to all but a token few
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I'm not your inspiration,...
I learn from other disabled people all the time. I'm learning not that I am luckier than them, though. I am learning that it's a genius idea to use a pair of barbecue tongs
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Feeding the Snakes PIPE...
easily injure a confined rattler if the snake doesn't kill it right away Andrew uses tongs to make things easier for the snake the mouse fights for its life
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Searching for...
tongs on a large western diamondback and it's putting up a fight pain I wish I wonder forgot my mirror to house y'all got one
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
very well but he the things that he was saying were things that I could understand as a salver because he was in the salvage business he said that the water was messy with sand and he couldn't see and they had tongs to Tong for things and the storm lasted for
Video examples
The Illegal and...
lizard world they have these independently rotating googly eyes this prehensile tail which is basically a monkey tail they can use like a fit limbs spring-loaded tongs that shoot out to catch their food and of course everyone's heard that chameleons can
Video examples
Chameleons Fight To...
they're wonderfully adapted to a life in the trees their toes are fused so their feet grip like tongs and the arrangement of their legs is unusual for reptile they're beneath their body this allows them to walk on branches thinner than their body
Video examples
Gordon Tries Bika PIPE...
It's like a bird all over my windscreen. Here we go. Oh, no. Ah, yes. Oh, I'm sorry. It hit the side of the pot. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. So can I have a look at these ones that are cooked? Let me get the tongs. Here we go. Oh, sorry. See how they--
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
pair of tongs it's like you know David does doesn't look tasty to you okay what def he looks more tenderized than it did when we first saw it looks like one of those ornate ornate lizards Wynette's and lizard I'm not sure it's hard to
Video examples
4 Lessons in Creativity...
and as soon as you see that the glaze has melted inside, you can see that faint sheen, you turn the kiln off, and you reach in with these long metal tongs, you grab the pot, and in Japan, this red-hot pot
Video examples
Abercrombie: Traveling...
Union he had been visiting a mosque there the Sheikh told his guests that Hajj Omar tongs Islamic name had been to Mecca and Medina a devotion denied by Soviet policy to all but a token few
Video examples
I'm not your inspiration,...
I learn from other disabled people all the time. I'm learning not that I am luckier than them, though. I am learning that it's a genius idea to use a pair of barbecue tongs
Video examples
Feeding the Snakes PIPE...
easily injure a confined rattler if the snake doesn't kill it right away Andrew uses tongs to make things easier for the snake the mouse fights for its life
Video examples
Searching for...
tongs on a large western diamondback and it's putting up a fight pain I wish I wonder forgot my mirror to house y'all got one
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Quote examples
Graham Elliot
American Chef
Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I mean, look at the S'more: it's just got a stick. A lot of those goofy toys, it's people who are looking at things to do. I think if you focus on the food, at the most you need tongs or a spoon to flip something; that's about it.
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Barton Seaver
American Chef
While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
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Bobby Flay
American Chef
I can't grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don't bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.
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Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
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Sue Perkins
English Comedian
My idea of hell is to sit with a pair of curling tongs or have my hair blow-dried: I fidget like a 12-year-old boy.
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J. B. Smoove
American Actor
You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
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Daisy Lowe
English Model
As a model, my hair is torn apart by heat, hair tongs and backcombing.
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Graham Elliot
American Chef
Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I mean, look at the S'more: it's just got a stick. A lot of those goofy toys, it's people who are looking at things to do. I think if you focus on the food, at the most you need tongs or a spoon to flip something; that's about it.
Quote examples
Barton Seaver
American Chef
While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.
Quote examples
Bobby Flay
American Chef
I can't grill vegetables, shellfish or steaks without tongs. Don't bother with those long-handled grilling tongs normally found in the BBQ section of your home store. Get intimate with your grill and opt for the regular stainless steel tongs.
Quote examples
Garrett Hardin
American Environmentalist
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
Quote examples
Sue Perkins
English Comedian
My idea of hell is to sit with a pair of curling tongs or have my hair blow-dried: I fidget like a 12-year-old boy.
Quote examples
J. B. Smoove
American Actor
You turn hotdogs with tongs. Don't you ever use those tongs on a hamburger.
Quote examples
Daisy Lowe
English Model
As a model, my hair is torn apart by heat, hair tongs and backcombing.
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