Fragment bid

Developed by Monroe Ingberman, a fragment bid is a bidding convention used in the card game contract bridge. It is an unusual jump rebid, usually a double jump, by either the opener or the responder which shows a fit with partner's suit and shortage, either a singleton or void, in the fourth suit.

Although analogous to splinter bids, fragment bids differ in that they require the naming of a suit held rather than the short suit itself. is required on the details of either splinter or fragment bids and their continuations.