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TABLE TURNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does table turning mean?
• TABLE TURNING (noun)
The noun TABLE TURNING has 1 sense:
1. manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
Familiarity information: TABLE TURNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 turning" 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 turning" is a part of...):
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