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Laugh when her colt bolts (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chortle

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'laugh' is the definition.
(chortling is a kind of laughing)

'her colt bolts' is the wordplay.
'her colt' can be anagrammed to 'CHORTLE'.
However, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chortle that I've seen before include "Guffaw" , "Loud gleeful chuckle" , "Chuckle gleefully" , "Laugh out loud" , "Joyous chuckle" .)

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