1. siphoning - Noun
2. siphoning - Verb
siphoning
present participle of siphon
siphoning (countable and uncountable, plural siphonings)
The operation of a siphon.
The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world. Robert Gilpin
They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. Billie Holiday
Behind every word flows energy. If you use your words to gossip or babble about what you are going to do before you do it, then you are siphoning off the energy needed to actually do the work. Your words become an energy leak. Sonia Choquette
A second visit from Joseph II, which had taken place in July 1781, to reaffirm the Franco-Austrian alliance and also to see his sister again, was tainted with rumours that Marie Antoinette was siphoning treasury money to him. Source: Internet
Energy pipelines are subject to sabotage by militant groups or siphoning by thieves. Source: Internet
If not for Smith's presence on the ballot siphoning his share, the combined number to expressed alternatives to Bush - who won would have seen the incumbent handily defeated. Source: Internet