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Yes, fan is playable

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"Fan" Definition

noun

A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.
A device for creating a current of air or a breeze, especially:.
A machine for winnowing.
A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling.
An ardent devotee; an enthusiast.

verb-transitive

Baseball To strike out (a batter).
To fire (a nonautomatic gun) rapidly by chopping the hammer with the palm.
To move or cause a current of (air) with or as if with a fan.
To open (something) out into the shape of a fan: The bird fanned its colorful tail.
To stir (something) up by or as if by fanning: fanned the flames in the fireplace; a troublemaker who fanned resentment among the staff.

verb-intransitive

Baseball To strike out.
To spread out like a fan: The troops fanned out from the beachhead.

verb

To drive away the chaff of (grain) by means of a current of air.
To eliminate (as chaff) by winnowing.
To move or impel (air) with a fan.
To blow or breathe upon .
To direct a current of air upon with a fan.

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