neckdown
/ˈnɛkdaʊn/Chiefly North American
noun
A reduction in width to a ‘neck’; something that narrows in this way, especially a section of a residential street that has been reduced in width as a means of traffic control.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Hot Rod. From neck + down, after to neck down, necked-down.
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