tonging
Gripping with pincers
Tonging is the use of tongs to manipulate something—gathering oysters from shallow waters, styling hair with a heated curling iron, or handling hot coals.
The word appears most often in contexts where direct hand contact is impractical: She spent the morning tonging oysters from the bay, The stylist finished by tonging loose waves into her hair.
Gathering bivalves from sand
- scallopingCutting curved edge patterns
- mollusksSoft-bodied invertebrates, often shelled
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- cocklesSmall ribbed bivalves
quahog · littleneck · cherrystone · razor clam · geoduck · harvesting · raking · dredging
Removing outer covering
- cullingSelective population reduction
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- spatPetty verbal dispute
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
estuary · baymen · watermen · waders · gumboots · tidal · brackish · saltwater
Medical grasping instrument
- clampsFastening grip devices
- hemostatClamp stopping vessel flow
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- sterileFree from microorganisms
retractor · dissection · tissue · incision · operating · precision · instrument · medical
Forming curved shapes
- stylingArranging for appearance
- crimpingFolding by compression
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- hairdressingStyling and cutting locks
curl · wave · heat styling · barrel · sections · strands · coiffure · beautician
clamming
Gathering bivalves from sand
- scallopingCutting curved edge patterns
- mollusksSoft-bodied invertebrates, often shelled
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
cockles · quahog · littleneck · cherrystone · razor clam · geoduck · harvesting · raking · dredging · aquaculture
shucking
Removing outer covering
mudflat · estuary · baymen · watermen · waders · gumboots · tidal · brackish · saltwater · bay
forceps
Medical grasping instrument
sterile · retractor · dissection · tissue · incision · operating · precision · instrument · medical · swab
curling
Forming curved shapes
- stylingArranging for appearance
- crimpingFolding by compression
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
hairdressing · curl · wave · heat styling · barrel · sections · strands · coiffure · beautician · roller
blacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
foundry · ironwork · smithing · steel · iron · furnace · heat · tempering · quenching · bending