Usually means: Hand-clapping game for children.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word patty-cake:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. patty-cake: Merriam-Webster
  2. patty-cake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. patty-cake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. patty-cake: Wordnik
  5. patty-cake: Wiktionary
  6. patty-cake: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. patty-cake: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. patty-cake: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. patty-cake: Dictionary.com
  10. Patty-cake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. patty-cake: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Patty-Cake: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Patty-cake)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of patty cake [(uncountable) A children's clapping game, played while reciting a rhyme about baking a cake.]

Similar:
patacake, fairycake, clap-bread, fish-cake, pâtisserie, pattipan, cow patty, cakerie, hot cake, crum cake, more...

Opposite:
slap hands, clapping game, hand game

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Similar:
patacake, fairycake, clap-bread, fish-cake, pâtisserie, pattipan, cow patty, cakerie, hot cake, crum cake, more...

Opposite:
slap hands, clapping game, hand game



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