champagne

noun

1. 1

   A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

   We suppose that this author has done his best to be satirical; and he may have thought that his subject would have inspired him with all that was smart and piquant: but the plain truth is that the promised champagne turns out to be vapid small beer.

   "[…] That stuff on the table may be a vehicle for filberts and walnuts, but not for such communications as yours. —Bring me champaigne," he said to the attendant who answered on his summons. The domestic returned, and brought a flask of champaigne, with two large silver cups.

   [T]he women will wear cashmeres, and then men will drink champagne.

   Champagne wine, with its amber hue, it éclat, its sparkle, and its perfume, arouses the senses and produces a cheerfulness which flashes through the company like a spark of electricity. At the magic word, Champagne! the guests, dull and torpid with good feeding, awake at once.

2. 2

   informalAny sparkling wine made by the méthode champenoise.

   I’ve been saving an excellent Brazilian champagne for a special occasion.

   Great Western Champagne […] Produced by the old French slow method of fermentation in the bottle taking from six to seven years of time. Great Western is the Only American Champagne ever awarded a Gold Medal at Foreign Expositions. […] Oldest and largest producers of Champagne in America.

3. 3

   informalAny sparkling white wine.

4. 4

   A glass of champagne.

   "I'm not scared of needles, but I certainly don’t like them," she says. "I had a champagne en route to the clinic – maybe two – which I'd probably not recommended, but whatever works, right?[…]"

5. 5

   A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

   Suede Leather Hat, in gray, champagne, rose or blue, flower-trimmed.

6. 6

   (An ordinary occupying) the base of the shield, either flat-topped (like the chief at the top of the shield) or curved (as in a mount or trimount).

   Alternative forms: champaine, champain

   Two rows of Vair, on a champagne gules an open crown or (both 2 and 3 for CRONBERG).

   […] on a champagne in base gules a wyvern, wings expanded or (for Vandalia); on the centre of the cross a quartered shield:[…]

adjective

1. 1

   Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

   This is the year! With champagne colors the thing on the fashion scene, Clairol is popping the corks on 4 new Champagne Blondes^®! […] Clairol's Creme Toner is your choice of Champagne color.

2. 2

   Variant of champaineAlternative form of champaine.

   A Point Dexter parted, A Point Champagne, A Point plain, A Point in Point, […]

verb

1. 1

   To ply or treat with champagne.

   And equally, the central matter of Henry's infidelities has no actual dramatisation, so that we never see him coming out of a stage door with a Follies girl on his arm, or champagning a debutante, let alone entering a boudoir.

2. 2

   To drink champagne.

   We clareted and champagned till two—then supped, and finished with a kind of regency punch composed of madeira, brandy, and green tea, no real water being admitted therein.

   On one occasion, I was at a meeting of the turf in an hotel after the races, where violent discussions and heavy champagning were going on.

Forms

plural

champagnes

past tense

champagned

past participle

champagned

present participle

champagning

third person singular

champagnes