Garbage close to street — move awkwardly (7)
I believe the answer is:
twaddle
'garbage close' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'street move awkwardly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'move' could be 'waddle' (waddle is a kind of move) and 'waddle' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twaddle that I've seen before include "Foolish speech" , "Hot air" , "bunk" , "Rubbish" , "Claptrap" .)