patty cakes

pat·ty–cake

noun \ˈpa-tē-ˌkāk\

Definition of PATTY-CAKE

: a game in which two participants (as mother and child) clap their hands together to the rhythm of an accompanying nursery rhyme

Variants of PATTY-CAKE

pat·ty–cake or pat–a–cake \ˈpa-də-ˌkāk, ˈpat-ə-\

Origin of PATTY-CAKE

from the opening words of the rhyme

First Known Use: 1889