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.

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table-tipping
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Meanings

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

plural table-turnings

  1. countableuncountableparapsychologyThe 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. countableidiomaticuncountableThe 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 & antonyms

nounThe 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.

Similar
table-tipping
Also see
table-tipping
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APA

table-turning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table-turning

MLA

“table-turning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table-turning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “table-turning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table-turning.

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