Meanings
nountable rapping (countable and uncountable, plural table rappings)
plural table rappings
- countableuncountableA rapping noise made, purportedly by spirits of the dead, on the table at which a seance is held.
I wish it were possible to impress this truth upon people who rush into spiritualism from curiosity, or who try "table rapping" or some similar phenomenon "for fun".
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 229
Synonyms & antonyms
nounalleged form of communication with spirits of the dead
Similar
table tappingspirit rapping
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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