clert

v. The act of contacting & moving an eating utensil, esp. a spoon,
over the edge of a bowl or plate in such a way as to wipe off & thus
avoiding spilling one's soup, stew, yogurt, etc. before putting the
food into one's mouth. [past tense no "ed"-ending]

"I taught him how to clert the milk in his cereal back into the bowl before
bringing the spoon to his mouth." {This action was very hard to describe to
my 2 yr. old without inventing a word for it.}