Definition of "tonging" []

• Present participle of tong. (verb)
• The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs. (verb)
• The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event. (verb)

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• "They call that 'tonging' oysters, an 'the thing he uses is called the' tongs. '""
• "It instead opted for a limited tonging season, a much more laborious process of culling oysters from the sea floor by hand using a rake."
• "On Monday at around 11:15 a.m., NRP officers watched as two boats hand tonging for oysters in the Possum Point Oyster Sanctuary of the Corsica River in Queen Anne County."