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bottlenecked

bottlenecked is the simple past and past participle of bottleneck.

Meaning of bottleneck

Verb

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.

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Questions about bottlenecked

What is bottlenecked the simple past and past participle of?
Bottlenecked is the simple past and past participle of bottleneck.

Words near bottlenecked in the dictionary

  1. bottleneck
  2. bottleneck guitar
  3. bottleneck guitars
  4. bottleneck inflation
  5. bottleneck inflations
  6. bottlenecked
  7. bottlenecking
  8. bottlenecks
  9. bottlenose
  10. bottlenose dolphin
  11. bottlenose dolphins

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