Assassins failing in the dead of night as a sentry loudly gargles his last with his own blood.
The Scottish Word:

Ruckle.

“Canny, queat an swipper includes no lettin oot a ruckle – ye eejit!”

Translate:

ruckle: rattle, roaring or gurgling sound – particular of the breath of the dying.

“Careful, quiet and swift includes one being definite in not letting out a death rattle – you idiot!”

[ruckle spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]

The Scottish Word: ruckle with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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