spatula

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
2. 2
   A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
3. 3
   A palette knife.
4. 4
   A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
5. 5
   A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
6. 6
   A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

Verb

1. 1
   To lift with or as if with a spatula.
2. 2
   To strike with a spatula.