What to do with a mint

As I was walking back from dinner, I wanted a mint and offered my friend one as well. We then started talking about mints and the different intensities of some different mints. While we were speaking about mints, I was trying to come up with the verb for what you do to a mint while you have one in your mouth. You don't really eat it, so what exactly do you do with a mint? So you suck on a mint? Or do you enjoy a mint? Or use a mint? Or have a mint? Neither my friend or I could figure out quite what you are doing when you have a mint in your mouth. It was rather interesting that there was no specific verb for a mint. There are some very specific verbs out there that are specialized for certain nouns. It seems odd that something as unique as a mint, with such a specific purpose does not have a special verb. The only reason that I can think of for this is that whenever you end up having a mint, you either say, "I really need a mint"-no reference to the actual time that the mint is in your mouth, or someone offers you a mint. In this case, they say to you, "Would you like a mint?" Again, no reference to the actual time the mint is in your mouth. Maybe, we just don't see the need for such a word. Or, maybe we just don't need to tell anyone what we are doing because after we are done, they know what we were doing.