pattycake

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpætikeɪk/ === Noun === pattycake (uncountable) (children's games) A children's game in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man". (colloquial) A childish or time-wasting activity. ==== Alternative forms ==== (game): pat-a-cake (UK), patacake ==== Translations ====