Fūgue, n.

(fŭg), n. [Fr., It., & Sp. fuga, Ger. fuge, from Lat. fuga, a fleeing, flight.] (Mus.) A musical composition in contrapuntal style, in which a subject is proposed by one part, and then responded to by the others, according to certain rules.

All parts of the scheme are eternally chasing each other, like the parts of a fugue. Bp. Taylor.