table-turning

English

Noun

table-turning (countable and uncountable, plural table-turnings)

1. (parapsychology) 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.

   Synonym: table-tipping

2. (idiomatic) The act of turning the tables; a reversal or revenge.
   • 2005, David Keen, Conflict & Collusion in Sierra Leone, page 62:

     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 […]

Further reading

• table-turning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia