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pattycake

C2 noun

pattycake /ˈpætikeɪk/ nghĩa là trò chơi vỗ tay của trẻ em

Các nghĩa

  1. trò chơi vỗ tay của trẻ em

    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".

    uncountable

  2. trò trẻ con, việc phí thời gian

    A childish or time-wasting activity.

    colloquial · uncountable

    This Cherokee County Sheriff goes about two-fifty and he don't play pattycake. He's gonna wanna know where you were yesterday.

    “Stalin's boys don't play pattycake with people like Mr. Kravchenko.”