TABLE LIFTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does table lifting mean? 

• TABLE LIFTING (noun)
  The noun TABLE LIFTING has 1 sense:

1. manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits

  Familiarity information: TABLE LIFTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TABLE LIFTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

table lifting; table tilting; table tipping; table turning

Hypernyms ("table lifting" is a kind of...):

parapsychology; psychic phenomena; psychic phenomenon (phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes)

Holonyms ("table lifting" is a part of...):

seance; session; sitting (a meeting of spiritualists)