name: A surname (rare: 1 in 33333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4213)
noun: The action of seizing, grabbing, holding, or manipulating a given object with tongs.
noun: (colloquial) The action of seizing an object with tongs for the purpose of pictorially documenting the event.
noun: 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.