Pronunciation: ' pa-t ē - ˌ k ā k
Variant: or pat-a-cake \ ' pa-d ə - ˌ k ā k, ' pat- ə - \
Function: 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