table-rapping
noun
the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
Words nearby table-rapping
table talk,
table tennis,
table tripod,
table wine,
table-hop,
table-rapping,
table-turning,
tableau,
tableau curtain,
tableau vivant,
tablecloth
Example sentences from the Web for table-rapping
In the case of table-rapping there are movements of the hands, in our case there are those of the head.
Clever Hans |Oskar Pfungst"Tell me some of those incomprehensible stories about table-rapping," said Lady Glenalvon.
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete |Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe following are specimens of these table-rapping communications.
Mysterious Psychic Forces |Camille Flammarion