An animated art form (3)
I believe the answer is:
rat
'form' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'an animated art' is the wordplay.
'an animated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'art' anagrammed gives 'RAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "person doing shopping" , "Betrayer" , "Scumbag" , "Rodent - deserter" , "one escaping doomed vessel?" .)