patty–cake
(US)
/ˈpætiˌkeɪk/
noun
also
pat–a–cake
/ˈpætəˌkeɪk/
also
pat–a–cake
/ˈpætəˌkeɪk/
Britannica Dictionary definition of PATTY–CAKE
[noncount]
:
a children's game in which two people lightly hit their hands together while singing a short poem (called a nursery rhyme)