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Noun: playbook  'pley,bûk
  1. A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
    "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"
     
  2. A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practised (especially an American football team)
    "The coach reviewed the playbook with the team before the big game"
     
  3. A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
    "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"

Derived forms: playbooks

Type of: book, notebook, scheme, strategy

Encyclopedia: Playbook