To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
Origin
Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga ("flight, ardor"), from Latin fuga ("act of fleeing"), from fugiō; compare Ancient Greek φυγή. Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts.
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