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table tipping

/ˈteɪbəl ˈtɪpɪŋ/

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/ˈteɪbəl ˈtɪpɪŋ/C1formalobsolete
  • ruСпиритуалистическая практика XIX — начала XX века, когда участники садятся вокруг стола, кладут на него руки и пытаются общаться с духами через движения, наклоны или стук стола. Считается формой спиритического сеанса и в настоящее время в основном рассматривается как псевдонаука или салонный трюк.

A spiritualist practice from the 19th and early 20th centuries where participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and attempt to communicate with spirits through the table's movements, tilting, or knocking. Considered a form of séance and now largely regarded as pseudoscience or a party trick.

  1. Spiritualist practiceC1formal

    A practice where participants sit around a table, place their hands on it, and attempt to communicate with spirits, believing the table will move or tilt in response.

    ruСтоловерчение

    • The Victorians were fascinated by table tipping as a form of entertainment.
    • They tried table tipping to contact a deceased relative.
    • Skeptics argue that table tipping is caused by unconscious muscle movements.