"tonging" meaning in English

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        "The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs."
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        "(colloquial) The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event."
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        "The action of opening wine bottles with port tongs by superheating the glass with the heated tongs, and then rapidly cooling the glass neck by applying a cold substance, thereby fracturing the glass neck open through heat stress."
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