1. (noun)A Stand in in a movie, used when the budget is all sucked up

2. (noun)The replacement on the 3 Stooges

3. (verb) The act of relaxing or sitting around

A loser that has no clue what is going on.

1.)by far, the best stooge

2.)someone who's better than curly

3.) the original vaudeville stooge

Shemp can be used in place of any undesirable word, as a euphamism for that word. Derives from "Shemp" as the name given to Matt Opotzner. Shemp can be used for anything, but the only person it can represent is Matt Opotzner.

Describles someone who is of less than ordinary intelligence. From the Three Stooges 4th Stooge named "Shemp" who was not good enough to be an original stooge.

Shemp pretty much means that something is less than expected or skimped. Anytime you get less than what you expect it is considered shemp. This term was used in the Lake Tahoe/ Northern California area in the Mary Jane subcultures.