time-shiftDefinition of time-shift verb 1 [no object] move from one period in time to another. 2 [with object] record (a television programme) for later viewing: [as adjective]:time-shifted programmes noun (time shift) a movement from one period in time to another, especially in a play or film: the technical problems involved in the time shifttime-shift in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of time-shift in the US English dictionary