rappings
Knuckles on wood
Rappings is the plural of rapping, meaning a series of sharp knocking sounds.
The word appears most often in contexts of spiritualism and the supernatural, where mysterious rappings supposedly signal the presence of ghosts or spirits: The séance began with faint rappings on the table.
More mundanely, rappings can be any repeated knocking: The rappings at the door grew more insistent.
Spirit communication ritual
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- specterGhostly threatening presence
apparition · phantom · medium · communication · knocking · table-turning · paranormal · supernatural
Repeated light striking
- knockStrike-produced sound
- doorHinged room barrier
- knockerDoor-mounted striking device
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
signal · entrance · visitor · pattern · bang · thud · attention · summons
séance
Spirit communication ritual
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- ghostsSpirits of the deceased
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
specter · apparition · phantom · medium · communication · knocking · table-turning · paranormal · supernatural · otherworldly
tapping
Repeated light striking
rhythm · signal · entrance · visitor · pattern · bang · thud · attention · summons · knuckles
drumming
Percussive rhythm-making
tempo · djembe · tabla · snare · tambourine · bongos · congas · timpani · syncopation · sticks
rhyming
Sharing terminal sounds
- freestylingUnscripted lyrical performance
- versesLines of poetry
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
lyrics · flow · spitting · MCing · wordplay · delivery · cypher · beatbox · microphone · cadence
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- spiritualismseance, mediumship, seances, medium, channeling
- seancesseance, medium, mediums, channeling, planchette