"tong" meaning in English

See tong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tonge|id=tongs|t=tongs, fang}} Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), {{m|enm|tange}} tange, {{inh|en|ang|tange}} Old English tange, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tangu}} Proto-West Germanic *tangu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tangō}} Proto-Germanic *tangō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-|t=to bite}} Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”), {{cog|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng, {{cog|is|töng}} Icelandic töng, {{cog|goh|zanga}} Old High German zanga, {{cog|de|Zange}} German Zange, {{cog|sa|दशति|t=to bite|tr=dáśati}} Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”), {{cog|sq|dang|t=bite, nip}} Albanian dang (“bite, nip”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. (mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. Tags: plural Derived forms: pipe tong, tonging, port tong, tooth and tong Translations (tool): ունելի (uneli) (Armenian), աքցան (akʿcʿan) (Armenian), 鉗子 (Chinese Mandarin), 钳子 (qiánzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 夾具 (Chinese Mandarin), 夹具 (jiājù) (Chinese Mandarin), 鋏子 (Chinese Mandarin), 铗子 (jiāzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 夹子 (jiāzi, jiázi) (Chinese Mandarin), kleště [feminine, plural] (Czech), tang [masculine] (Dutch), pihdit [plural] (Finnish), pince [feminine] (French), tenaces [feminine, plural] (Galician), Greifzange [feminine] (German), चिमटा (cimṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), pinza [feminine] (Italian), tenaglia [feminine] (Italian), molla [feminine] (Italian), トング (tongu) (Japanese), маша (maša) [feminine] (Macedonian), tonge (Middle English), kêlbetan [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), ماشه (maşa) (Ottoman Turkish), tenaz [feminine] (Portuguese), clește [masculine] (Romanian), ками́нные щипцы́ (kamínnyje ščipcý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), tenaza [feminine] (Spanish), tång [common-gender] (Swedish), eldtång [common-gender] (Swedish), คีม (kiim) (Thai), maşa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-wDmeF7IX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴). Etymology templates: {{sup|4}} ⁴, {{der|en|yue|堂|tr=tong⁴}} Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. a Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-abPon12k
  2. a Chinese secret society or gang Translations (secret society): (tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 幫會 (Chinese Mandarin), 帮会 (bānghuì) (Chinese Mandarin), (táng) (Chinese Mandarin), tong [masculine] (French), Tong [feminine] (German), tong [feminine] (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-k15T3727 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 5 53 15 4 4 Disambiguation of 'secret society': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tong war Related terms: triad, yakuza
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} tong (plural tongs)
  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: tongue Related terms: tong doc, tong fai, tong lau
    Sense id: en-tong-en-noun-D9nrwnnc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /tɒŋ/ [UK], /tɔŋ/ [General-American], /tɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tongs [present, singular, third-person], tonging [participle, present], tonged [participle, past], tonged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tonge|id=tongs|t=tongs, fang}} Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), {{m|enm|tange}} tange, {{inh|en|ang|tange}} Old English tange, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tangu}} Proto-West Germanic *tangu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tangō}} Proto-Germanic *tangō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*denḱ-|t=to bite}} Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”), {{cog|non|tǫng}} Old Norse tǫng, {{cog|is|töng}} Icelandic töng, {{cog|goh|zanga}} Old High German zanga, {{cog|de|Zange}} German Zange, {{cog|sa|दशति|t=to bite|tr=dáśati}} Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”), {{cog|sq|dang|t=bite, nip}} Albanian dang (“bite, nip”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged)
  1. (intransitive) To use tongs. Tags: intransitive Translations (to use tongs): ունելի օգտագործել (uneli ōgtagorcel) (Armenian), աքցան օգտագործել (akʿcʿan ōgtagorcel) (Armenian), 鉗起 (Chinese Mandarin), 钳起 (Chinese Mandarin), 夾起 (Chinese Mandarin), 夹起 (Chinese Mandarin), mit einer Zange halten (German), pinzare (Italian), attanagliare (Italian), atazanar (Portuguese), atanazar (Portuguese), atenazar (Portuguese), испо́льзовать щипцы́ (ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý) (Russian), usar tenaza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-verb-RGLcJdB2 Disambiguation of 'to use tongs': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs. Tags: transitive Translations (to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs): ունելիով վերցնել (uneliov vercʿnel) (Armenian), աքցանով վերցնել (akʿcʿanov vercʿnel) (Armenian), 钳起 (Chinese Mandarin), mit einer Zange greifen (German), afferrare (Italian), attanagliare (Italian), abbrancare (Italian), aggranfiare (Italian), atazanar (Portuguese), atanazar (Portuguese), atenazar (Portuguese), захвати́ть щипца́ми (zaxvatítʹ ščipcámi) (Russian), usar tenaza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tong-en-verb-GZQ3hjDH Disambiguation of 'to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tongs
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1998, Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz, editors, Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity, page 232",
          "text": "[…] 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?",
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      "word": "ունելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akʿcʿan",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "աքցան"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "鉗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiánzi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "钳子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夾具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jiājù",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夹具"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "鋏子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāzi",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "铗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "夹子"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "tool",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tool",
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        "plural"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenaces"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Greifzange"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चिमटा"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenaglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tongu",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "トング"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kêlbetan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "maša",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маша"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
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      "word": "tonge"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "maşa",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "ماشه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clește"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ками́нные щипцы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "tool",
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      "word": "tång"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tool",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eldtång"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kiim",
      "sense": "tool",
      "word": "คีม"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "tool",
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        "(intransitive) To use tongs."
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        "(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs."
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      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/tɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "uneli ōgtagorcel",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "ունելի օգտագործել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akʿcʿan ōgtagorcel",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "աքցան օգտագործել"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "鉗起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "钳起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "夾起"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "夹起"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "mit einer Zange halten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "pinzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "attanagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atazanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atanazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "atenazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý",
      "sense": "to use tongs",
      "word": "испо́льзовать щипцы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "usar tenaza"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uneliov vercʿnel",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "ունելիով վերցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akʿcʿanov vercʿnel",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "աքցանով վերցնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "钳起"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "mit einer Zange greifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "afferrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "attanagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "abbrancare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "aggranfiare"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
      "word": "atazanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "захвати́ть щипца́ми"
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      "code": "es",
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          "ref": "1995, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Block Crown Lease (Cheung Chau) Ordinance”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette, page A2772",
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        [
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          "organization",
          "organization"
        ],
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          "land",
          "land"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tong⁴",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "堂"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "幫會"
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    {
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      "roman": "bānghuì",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "帮会"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "táng",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "word": "堂"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "secret society",
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      "word": "tong"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "secret society",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tong"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "secret society",
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tong doc"
    },
    {
      "word": "tong fai"
    },
    {
      "word": "tong lau"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tongue"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English obsolete forms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster",
          "text": "Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tong.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tong"
}

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