Shout about table (5)
I believe the answer is:
bleat
'shout' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'about table' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'table' anagrammed gives 'BLEAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bleat that I've seen before include "carp" , "Sheep's call" , "Beef" , "Cry of sheep or goat" , "Cry (like a sheep?)" .)