[Shendare]

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7167193

Percussive Maintenance

(uncountable) (humorous) The use of physical concussion, such as a knock or a tap, in an attempt to make a malfunctioning device or person work.

[AnimalMuppet]

Device or person? I've been tempted on the "or person" part, but never actually tried it...

[klyrs]

"Beatings will continue until morale improves"

[dotancohen]

Pete Conrad famously had to smack around some surface experiments during Apollo 12.