Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (W.I. Rasta) messy, disorderly.

1873		C. Rampini Letters from Jamaica 127: He curse him moder for a ‘cra-cra’ (careless), ‘bogro-bogro’ (coarse), ‘takro-takro’ (ugly), ‘chaka-chaka’ (disorderly), ‘buffro-buffro’ (clumsy), ‘wenya-wenya’ (meagre), ‘nana’ (old woman).
1957		F.G. Cassidy ‘Iteration as a Word-forming Device in Jamaican Folk Speech’ in AS XXXII:1 51: chaka-chaka, disorderly.
1976		L. Barrett Sun and the Drum 20: A person who is disorderly in appearance and living conditions is referred to as chaka-chaka.
1991		L.E. Adams Jam. Patois 47: Ku hoh i place stay chaka-chaka so! – Look how the place is a mess!
2011		Jamaican Gleaner 12 Apr. 🌐 Jamaican Creole was not thrown together by a set of ‘bafan people’ who wanted to speak a chaka-chaka language.

2. (US/W.I./UK black teen) untidy or unkempt; also as v. to render untidy.

1995		Francis-Jackson Official Dancehall Dict. 9: Chaka-chaka a general state of untidiness: u. you dress chaka-chaka.
2003		New Star (Monroe, LA) 13 Feb. 17/2: ‘My mother used to say to all of us, “Don’t chaka-chaka the sofa.” We just knew that it meant don’t mess it up.’ Duncan was able to trace her family roots back to the Caribbean.