playbook meaning and definition

PLAYBOOK noun

Definition of playbook (noun)

1. a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)
2. a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
   • "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"
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"