spudger
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun An implement for tamping, stirring, or mixing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun a computer technician’s tool used as a pry bar and probe for plastic parts.
Examples
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But working with a tool called a spudger, it took Soules only 10 minutes to separate the iPad's handsome, 9. 7-inch facing from its silver-backed casing.
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Besides heat guns for melting seals, suction cups for maneuvering screens, and a small hooked stick called a spudger, some less conventional instruments sometimes come into play.
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Basically a spudger is a small pick-tool used for manipulating wires, throwing DIP switches, removing jumpers, cleaning crud from contacts, any task that requires close-in picking, pushing, prying, or scraping.
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If, for some geeky reason, you want to take apart your new trackpad to see the magic within for yourself you will need the following: a heat gun, soldering iron, tweezer, spudger and iPod opening tools.
Note
The word 'spudger' is related to a Middle English word meaning 'short knife'.
