tonging

Verb

• Present participle of tong

Noun

• The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs.
• The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.
• 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.