Definition of "syphon"

syphon

noun
plural syphons
1. Alternative spelling of siphon.
verb
third-person singular simple present syphons, present participle syphoning, simple past and past participle syphoned
1. Alternative spelling of siphon.
  Quotations
  It takes only a moment and a toe, the warning goes, and death will sink its teeth into your foot, and death will syphon the blood from your veins, to satisfy its phantoms and its ghosts.
  2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 13