Kiddie chortles holding parrot (4)
I believe the answer is:
echo
'parrot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'kiddie chortles holding' is the wordplay.
'holding' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ECHO' is hidden within 'kiddie chortles'.
(Other definitions for echo that I've seen before include "copy" , "Repetition of sound" , "Ape" , "Response" , "Reflected sound" .)