Playbook

/ˈpleɪ.bʊk/ · noun

Meaning

A book containing the text of a play or plays..

Definitions by Sense

1. A book containing the text of a play or plays.
2. A book of games and amusements for children.
3. (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
4. (originally US, figurative) A book or (especially) any set of commonly employed tactics, strategies, and tips.

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Near-synonym: play

Near-synonym: gamebook

Near-synonym: cookbook

A Look at Satan's "Playbook"

This isn’t merely a gamble on May’s part. It’s an act of reckless political daring. It’s straight out of Danton’s playbook on boldness – de l’audace, et encore de l’audace, et toujours de l’audace. And look what happened to Danton – he lost his head.

The company has built its business on the motto “everything is a recommendation”—the company likes to brag that it tailors every aspect of its interface for each individual user. It’s a playbook the company perfected with House of Cards, which was a tremendous gamble for the business of television when Netflix launched the show in 2013.

How Kieran Trippier bent it like Beckham to score England's brilliant World Cup opener against Croatia [title] […] That was an old school free-kick from Kieran Trippier, straight out of the David Beckham playbook. His aim is to get as much whip and dip on the ball as possible. Trippier addresses the side of the ball, plants his left foot alongside it and his right takes care of the rest. The way he wraps his foot around the ball generates a top-spin effect, like a sweetly struck forehand from Rafael Nadal.

“No one has a playbook for this,” said Dan Levin, who runs a small company outside Chicago, Cain Millwork, which makes furniture and wall paneling. He said he was planning to have some of his office employees work from home.

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