Pet making sudden movement with hesitation (7)
I believe the answer is:
lurcher
'pet' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'sudden movement with hesitation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'movement' could be 'lurch' (lurch is a kind of movement) and 'lurch' is located in the answer.
'hesitation' could be 'er' (sound used when hesitating) and 'er' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lurcher that I've seen before include "Greyhound-collie cross" , "one making staggering movements" , "one unsteady on his feet" , "Crossbred hunter" , "that might rock and roll, apparently" .)