bottlenecking

/B AA1 T AH0 L N EH0 K IH0 NG/
noun
  1. 1

    (figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

  2. 2

    (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.

  3. 3

    The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

  4. 4

    (music) A portion of a bottleneck placed on the finger and used as a guitar slide.

verb
  1. 1

    (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.

  2. 2

    (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.