bottleneck: Meaning and Definition of

bot•tle•neck

1. a narrow entrance or passageway.
2. a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded.
3. Also calleda method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings.

1. to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck.

1. to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck.