masticate

Peltz’s decades-long record gave them plenty to masticate.

“Do you enjoy listening to people when they masticate?”

Our English word “masticate” derives from the Greek name of the plant, which comes from the ancient Greek verb meaning “to chew.”

And dogs have been known to yap and masticate their displeasure.

But through all that, if you were still able to masticate your potato chips in quiet concentration, you may have heard the American Dream itself pulsing in a space where it will always be allowed to live: inside a pop song.