PLAYBOOK


Meaning of PLAYBOOK in English

/play"book'/ , n.

1. (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.

2. a book containing the scripts of one or more plays.

3. Football. a notebook containing descriptions of all the plays and strategies used by a team, often accompanied by diagrams, issued to players for them to study and memorize before the season begins.

4. Informal. any plan or set of strategies, as for outlining a campaign in business or politics.

[ 1525-35; PLAY + BOOK ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .