In music, of or pertaining to a fugue, or composed in the style of a fugue.
n. A local abbreviation for centrifugal: applied in Australia and elsewhere to centrifugal machines.
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adj. of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue
Word Usage
"They stammer out their glissandi woes in a sort of fugal chaos, with the orchestra and its chorus washing over them with dark chords and fraying melodic lines."