1. (

• playbook ,

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

2. (

• playbook

) a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene" ;

3. (

• playbook

) 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" ;