schnabulieren

16th c., at first schnabelieren, from Schnabel (“beak”) +‎ -ieren. The -u- is mock Latin, by analogy with Latinate words where -ula corresponds to German -el, perhaps specifically after fabulieren versus Fabel.

• IPA^(key): /ʃnabuˈliːʁən/

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schnabulieren (weak, third-person singular present schnabuliert, past tense schnabulierte, past participle schnabuliert, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, humorous) to eat heartily, to feast

   Synonyms: herzhaft essen, reinhauen, schlemmen, schmausen

   • 1897, Helene Böhlau, chapter 2, in Des Bäckerlehrlings Johannisnacht‎:

     Er mußte sich den kleinen, kauenden Mund vorstellen, den er Abend für Abend mit den besten Leckereien vollstopfte. Herrgott, wie niedlich schnabulierte sie, wie ein junges Reh, so zart.

     He had to imagine the small, chewing mouth, which he stuffed to the brim night after night with the best delicacies. Good Lord, how adorably she gorged herself on it, like a young deer, so delicate.

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• Schnabulation

• “schnabulieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schnabulieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schnabulieren” in Duden online
• “schnabulieren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.