or pat-a-cake noun Etymology: from the opening words of the rhyme Date: 1889 a game in which two participants (as mother and child) clap their hands together to the rhythm of an accompanying nursery rhyme
PATTY-CAKE
Meaning of PATTY-CAKE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012