Pedestrian, both feet slipping, to get animated (4)
I believe the answer is:
wake
'pedestrian' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wake that I've seen before include "late party" , "Vigil held over a corpse" , "Ship's wash" , "Vigil before (or party after) a funeral" , "Come to - track of boat" .)