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

Biden's tariff push borrows from the trade playbook of Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee, who routinely raised tariffs on Chinese goods during his four years in office, igniting a trade war between the world's two largest economies. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024

Also, inflation has already been a drag on Biden's political fortunes, and his turn toward protectionism echoes Trump's playbook. —Chris Megerian and Will Weissert, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1