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playbook

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: playbook

1
n
a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
2
n
a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: playbook
1

n a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays

“the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene”
Type of:
book
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
2

n a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

Type of:
notebook
a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

n 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”
Type of:
scheme, strategy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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