spudger

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US/ˈspʌd͡ʒɚ/UK/ˈspʌd͡ʒə/

noun

A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.

“Place the upper casing on edge and use a spudger to push the keyboard away from the casing, poking the spudger through the holes where the screws were.”

OriginMiddle English spuddle →
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Meanings

nounspudger (plural spudgers)

plural spudgers · alternative spludger

  1. A hand-held tool consisting of a short narrow rod with various shaped tools at the ends.
    1. communicationsA hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.

      Place the upper casing on edge and use a spudger to push the keyboard away from the casing, poking the spudger through the holes where the screws were.

    2. A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
    3. An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishspuddle“short knife”
  2. Englishspudger

1425–75; a variant of late Middle English spuddle (“short knife”).

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Translations

Finnish lasta
  • lastaaforementioned tool in any of the functions
French spatule de démontage
  • spatule de démontageaforementioned tool in any of the functions
German Spatel (scilicet antistatischer Spatel)
  • Spatel (scilicet antistatischer Spatel)aforementioned tool in any of the functions

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spudger

judger
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Cite this entry
APA

spudger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spudger

MLA

“spudger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spudger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spudger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spudger.

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