Meaning
To chew — to work food, cane, or gum around in the mouth, often noisily and with relish. 'Chaw' is the Patois pronunciation of 'chew', and to 'chaw cane' is to strip a length of sugar cane with your teeth and chew out the sweet juice, spitting the fibre. It also covers loud, open-mouthed chewing, as when someone 'chaw' their food like an animal. The word carries the plain, physical, slightly rough sense of grinding something in the mouth.
Examples
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Him a chaw cane pon di corner.
He's chewing sugar cane on the corner.
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Nuh chaw yuh food so loud.
Don't chew your food so loudly.
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Di goat a chaw di grass.
The goat is chewing the grass.
Origin
Patois form of 'chew'; to chew (esp. cane), often loudly. See [[cane-juice]], [[nyam]].
How it’s used
To chew (esp. sugar cane), often noisily. See [[cane-juice]], [[nyam]].