DMV noun4 •(US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. •(US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles.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 — 1993 •(UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village. •Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. formsDMVs