Walks poles around (5)
I believe the answer is:
lopes
'walks' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'poles around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'poles' anagrammed gives 'LOPES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lopes that I've seen before include "Bounds" , "Runs with long bounding steps" , "Runs using poles" , "Runs easily" .)