Stupid animal seen while taking cards out (7)
I believe the answer is:
jackass
'stupid animal' is the definition.
'jackass' can be an answer for 'animal' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'stupid' bit.
'while taking cards out' is the wordplay.
'while' becomes 'as' (eg 'while I walked' means 'as I walked').
'taking cards' becomes 'jacks' (jack is a kind of card. I am not sure about the 'taking' bit.).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'as' inserted within 'jacks' is 'JACKASS'.
'seen' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jackass that I've seen before include "Male donkey - fool" , "One may lark about" , "Blockhead" , "Charlie" , "Asinine person" .)