spatula /ˈspætjʊlə/noun 7verb 2forms 4 noun7 •A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. •A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. •A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. •(UK) A tongue depressor. •A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost! — 1963 •(old-fashioned) A palette knife. •A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.The third instars are similar to other members of the genus except for a three-pronged spatula (typically two-pronged) and five lateral papillae (typically four) and with a nonbristled first instar. — 2015 verb2 •To lift with or as if with a spatula.A book on Pastels referes [sic] to a rough Modeling paste to be spatulaed over cotton duck. — 1996 •To strike with a spatula.i.....am............dying.....................i'vebeen..............spatula'd........................to.........death... — 2000 formsspatulaed · spatulaing · spatulas · spatulae
