DMV

See also: dmv and d.m.v.

English

Proper noun

DMV

1. (US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

   Coordinate term: Delmarva

Noun

DMV (plural DMVs)

1. (US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles.
   • 1993, “DMV”, performed by Primus:

     I've been to hell. I spell it...I spell it DMV
     Anyone that's been there knows precisely what I mean
     I've stood in line and waited near an hour and fifteen

   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach):

     Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.

   • 2024 June 14, Camila Pedrosa, “California license plate numbers running out faster than predicted — here’s what will happen”, in The Sacramento Bee‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 June 2024:

     The state is currently in the 9EWZ000-9EWZ999 series, and the final plate in the current sequence — 9ZZZ999 — is expected to be issued in late 2025, DMV officials said.

2. (UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village.
3. (anatomy) Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus.

Translations

department of motor vehicles

• Arabic: إِدَارَة الْمَرْكَبَات f (ʔidāra(t) al-markabāt)
• Irish: oifig mótarchánach f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) DETRAN (pt), Departamento de Trânsito
• Russian: автотранспортная инспе́кция f (avtotransportnaja inspékcija)

See also

• MOT
• RTA

Anagrams

• DVM, MDV, VDM, VMD