húzás

Húzós is a Hungarian adjective used to describe something that has the property of being easy to pull, stretch, or pull apart. The form comes from the verb húz (to pull) with the adjectival suffix -ós, producing the sense of "pulling" or "stretchy." The term is common in everyday Hungarian and is understood across dialects, though it is more frequent in informal speech and media than in formal registers.

In gastronomy and cooking contexts, húzós refers to textures that are elastic, chewy, or stringy. Foods with high gluten content, long melted cheese strands, or dough that can be stretched into thin, long threads are often described as húzós. Examples include húzós sajt for cheese that forms long strands when melted, and húzós tészta or húzós pizza mozzarella describing the texture. It can also describe candy or bread that pulls apart in strings.

In figurative usage, húzós can describe activities or situations that are demanding or taxing, for instance ez egy húzós feladat (this is a tough task) or egy húzós beszélgetés referring to a long, strenuous conversation. The word thus carries both a tactile, sensory sense and a loosely evaluative, colloquial tone.

Related terms include nyújtható (stretchable) and elasztikus (elastic). Húzós is widely understood in Hungary but is primarily informal; in formal writing other descriptors may be preferred.