SINCE 1828
patty-cake
noun
pat·ty-cake
| \ ˈpa-tē-ˌkāk
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variants:
or pat-a-cake \ ˈpa-də-ˌkāk
, ˈpat-ə- \
, ˈpat-ə- \
Definition of patty-cake
: a game in which two participants (such as mother and child) clap their hands together to the rhythm of an accompanying nursery rhyme
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patty-cake
noun
English Language Learners Definition of patty-cake
: a children's game in which two people lightly hit their hands together while singing a short poem (called a nursery rhyme)
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