tongs /t()z, t()z ｜ tz/ n. pl. [時に単数扱い] 物をつまむ道具《2 本の腕が肩で連絡している》, …ばさみ. ・(a pair of) fire tongs 火ばさみ(1 丁). ・ice tongs 氷ばさみ. ・sugar tongs 角砂糖ばさみ. ・blacksmith's tongs かじ屋の火ばし. ・⇒curling tongs. ・go [be] at it hammer and tongs ⇒HAMMER and tongs. nt tuch with a pir of tngs 《口語》 (火ばさみで触れるのも)まっぴらだ, 大嫌いだ (cf. not touch with a BARGE POLE). ME tanges, tonges ＜ OE tangan (pl.) ← tang(e) ← Gmc tan- (Du. tang / G Zange) ← IE denk- to bite (Gk dkos biting animal ＆ dknein to bite)