"pattycake" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pattycake (uncountable)
  1. (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". Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Synonyms (game): pat-a-cake [UK], patacake Translations (children's game in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands): handjeklap [neuter] (Dutch), handjeplak [neuter] (Dutch), adoleta [feminine] (Portuguese), ла́душки (láduški) [feminine, plural] (Russian), arepitas (Spanish)
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  2. (colloquial) A childish or time-wasting activity. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pattycake-en-noun-G-x-NMO1
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