spatulate

adj

1. Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.

   ““I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?[…]””

   “For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.”

2. Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.

verb

1. To treat or mix with a spatula.
2. To incise the end of (a pliable cylindrical structure) such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened.