table-turning

noun

Definitions

  1. The practice, at a séance, of the participants sitting around a table with their hands…

    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.

  2. The act of turning the tables

    The 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 […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for table-turning. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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