Preshift

Origin

- + shift

Full definition of preshift

Adjective

1. Before a shift (in various senses).
• 2007, October 7, Dan Barry, Politicians, and a Town in Flux, Come Calling, The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch.

Verb

1. (transitive) To shift in advance.We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.