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table-turning

table-turning noun: the practice, at a séance, of the participants sitting around a table with their hands upon it, waiting for it to rotate and spell out communications from spirits.

Noun

table-turning (countable and uncountable, plural table-turnings)

  1. The practice, at a séance, of the participants sitting around a table with their hands upon it, waiting for it to rotate and spell out communications from spirits.
    Synonyms:
    table-tipping
  2. (idiomatic) The act of turning the tables; a reversal or revenge.
    • Fantasies of table-turning and revenge seem to be commonplace in history; but war gives extra space for their enactment, and widespread weaponry also makes them more likely to be lethal […]2005, David Keen, Conflict & Collusion in Sierra Leone, page 62

Synonyms of table-turning

Forms of table-turning

pluraltable-turnings

Questions about table-turning

What does table-turning mean?
Table-turning means the practice, at a séance, of the participants sitting around a table with their hands upon it, waiting for it to rotate and spell out communications from spirits.
What part of speech is table-turning?
Table-turning is a noun.
What is the plural of table-turning?
The plural of table-turning is table-turnings.

Words near table-turning in the dictionary

  1. table-tipping
  2. table-top
  3. table-tops
  4. table-turner
  5. table-turners
  6. table-turning
  7. table-turnings
  8. tablea
  9. tableas
  10. tableau
  11. tableau curtain

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