Bottleneck (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a narrow entrance or passageway.
  2. a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded.
  3. a method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings.
verb (used with object)
  1. to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck.
verb (used without object)
  1. to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck.
noun
    • a narrow stretch of road or a junction at which traffic is or may be held up
    • the hold up
  1. something that holds up progress, esp of a manufacturing process
  2. music
    • the broken-off neck of a bottle placed over a finger and used to produce a buzzing effect in a style of guitar-playing originally part of the American blues tradition
    • the style of guitar playing using a bottleneck
verb
  1. to be or cause an obstruction in
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