Diluted alcoholic spirit

depends on what type of cocktail you are making mixed with rum. a cocktail is a drink with two or more ingrediants. it doesnt always have to be alcoholic. just add rum to any other drink and its a rum cocktail. i.e. fuzzy naval - 1 shot peach schnapps with 4 ounces Orange Juice over ice. just add rum and it becomes fuzzy naval with rum