Tink

Imitative.

Full definition of tink

Verb

1. To emit a high-pitched noise.Jimmy heard the bells tink.

Synonyms

• tinkle

Noun

1. (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

knit spelled backwards.

Verb

1. (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
• Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
• 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

Anagrams

• knit