pattycake /ˈpætikeɪk/ noun2 •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". •(informal) A childish or time-wasting activity.This Cherokee County Sheriff goes about two-fifty and he don't play pattycake. He's gonna wanna know where you were yesterday. — 2001
