playbook

noun

play·​book ˈplā-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce playbook (audio)
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.
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As retail continues to evolve, Best Buy's marketplace relaunch demonstrates how thoroughly the playbook has changed since 2016. Kiri Masters, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 McCaffrey, running back for the San Francisco 49ers, took a page out of the Bieber family playbook and posted a video montage of himself and Culpo taking pictures, hanging out on a hillside…looking at deer? Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025 To protest the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, an author of the right-wing Project 2025 policy playbook, Senate Democrats delayed the vote for 30 hours by speaking the entire time about their opposition to Trump and Vought's plans. Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025 Monument proponents fear Burgum’s order is part of the enactment of Project 2025, a controversial policy playbook written by conservatives as a guide for the Trump administration. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for playbook

Word History

First Known Use

1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of playbook was in 1511

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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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