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An animated art form (3)

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I believe the answer is:

rat

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'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'.

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(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "person doing shopping" , "Betrayer" , "Scumbag" , "Rodent - deserter" , "one escaping doomed vessel?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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