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 am 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' going inside '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" .)