The ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

(properly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.

(inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.

(figurative, generally derogatory) A term used to describe a human who resembles monkeys in various ways, including being mischievous, unintelligent, unattractive, easily controlled, or performing repetitive tasks.

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black, a black person.

(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

(slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.

The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

(slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially 500 pounds sterling or 500 dollars.

(blackjack) Synonym of face card.

(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.

(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

(dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.

(intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).

(transitive) To mimic; to ape.