Home › Words › P › preloaderpreloaderpreloader means in Flash animations, the loading screen that stalls for time while resources are downloaded.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, preloader ranks #12,878 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom preload + -er or pre- + loader.nounIn Flash animations, the loading screen that stalls for time while resources are downloaded.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).