Definition of Playbook

1. Noun. A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team).

Generic synonyms: Notebook

2. Noun. A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays. "The 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"
Generic synonyms: Book

3. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Scheme, Strategy

Definition of Playbook

1. n. A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.

Definition of Playbook

1. Noun. A book containing the text of a play ¹

2. Noun. A book of games and amusements for children ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Playbook

1. a book containing one or more literary works for the stage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Playbook

playactor
playactors
playacts
playas
playathon
playathons
playback
playback singer
playbacks
playbill
playbills
playblast
playblasts
playboard
playboards
playbooks
playbox
playboys
playbus
playbuses
playdate
playdates
playday
playdays
playdough
playdoughs
playdown
playdowns

Literary usage of Playbook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"For example, even super-hip Yahoo has been known to turn to the 'early-years' Microsoft no-fly-zone marketing playbook, blocking a competitive instant ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He published 'The Boys' playbook of Science' (I860); 'The playbook of Metals' (1861); 'Scientific Amusements for Young People1 (1861); ..."

3. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"For example, even super-hip Yahoo has been known to turn to the 'early-years' Microsoft no-fly-zone marketing playbook, blocking a competitive instant ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He published 'The Boys' playbook of Science' (I860); 'The playbook of Metals' (1861); 'Scientific Amusements for Young People1 (1861); ..."

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