Very brief dance around yard (6)
I believe the answer is:
flying
'very brief' is the definition.
(as in a flying visit)
'dance around yard' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'fling' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'yard' becomes 'y'.
'fling' placed around 'y' is 'FLYING'.
(Other definitions for flying that I've seen before include "Going by air" , "Hasty" , "running fast" , "- Buttress, - bomb" , "short" .)