bottleneck

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From bottle + neck.

[edit] Noun

bottleneck (plural bottlenecks)

1. the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle
2. in traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay
3. any delay; part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome

   It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to bottleneck (third-person singular simple present bottlenecks, present participle bottlenecking, simple past and past participle bottlenecked)

1. (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.

   The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.

2. (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.

   The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.