playbook

noun

play·​book ˈplā-ˌbu̇k 

1

: one or more plays in book form

2

: a notebook containing diagrammed football plays

3

: a stock of usual tactics or methods

straight from his opponent's political playbook

Examples of playbook in a Sentence

He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adidas‘ playbook already had nu-metal in it through a series of Korn collections that began in 2023, and a new band partner will add heavy metal to the mix. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Before Performance Declines In my experience, franchise systems rarely decline because someone decides to ignore the playbook. — Tushar Mishra, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

In May, Jim explicitly urged Nvidia to take a page from the Apple buyback playbook. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Photon Marine plans to turn those findings into a fleet-electrification playbook that other commercial operators could use when assessing similar systems. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1