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bottlenecking

bottlenecking is the present participle and gerund 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 bottlenecking

What is bottlenecking the present participle and gerund of?
Bottlenecking is the present participle and gerund of bottleneck.

Words near bottlenecking in the dictionary

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

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