WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gulf War n 1: a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991 [syn: Persian Gulf War, Gulf War] 2: a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution [syn: Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War]