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Yes, siphon is playable

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"Siphon" Definition

noun

A pipe or tube fashioned or deployed in an inverted U shape and filled until atmospheric pressure is sufficient to force a liquid from a reservoir in one end of the tube over a barrier higher than the reservoir and out the other end.
Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.
A tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over an intermediate elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the tube immersed in it while the excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch when once filled causes a continuous flow.
A bottle for holding aerated water that is driven out through a bent tube in its neck by the pressure of the gas when a valve in the tube is opened.
Any of various tubular organs in animals and especially mollusks or arthropods that are used for drawing in or ejecting fluids.

verb-transitive

To draw off or convey through or as if through a siphon.

verb-intransitive

To pass through a siphon.

verb

To convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon .
To pass by or as if by a siphon.

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