Clip
Clip verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head
Skull
Skull noun - The case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates.
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In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, multiball begins with an animated clip of a Terminator stomping on a human skull.
Source: Trampled Underfoot -
Contrast this with resident Action Girl Yoko, who has a hair clip that looks like a skull.
Source: Flower in Her Hair -
The man himself wears a skull-shaped belt clip in Mega Man 8, and a rather distinctive skeletal-patterned tie in the Megamix manga.
Source: Skeletons in the Coat Closet
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