variants:
or table-rapping \
ˈtā-bəl-ˌra-piŋ 
\
or less commonly table tapping
or table-tapping \
ˈtā-bəl-ˌta-piŋ
\
\
or less commonly table tapping
or table-tapping \
ˈtā-bəl-ˌta-piŋ
\
Definition of table rapping
: spirit rapping
The best Sherlock Holmes stories were written before 1916, when Arthur Conan Doyle officially converted to spiritualism and took to table-rapping.— Ian Thomson
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“Table rapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20rapping. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of table rapping was in 1851
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